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̕̕;
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.—
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can be distinguished from other species of
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except
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFF4FFB741791FB31" box="[243,419,1200,1224]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">S. erythrogaster</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFE0CFB741440FB31" box="[432,626,1200,1224]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">S. huancabambae</emphasis>
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,
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,
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and
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by having imbricate scales on posterior aspect of thighs, nostrils medial to canthal ridge, and a longitudinal row of enlarged supraoculars occupying most of the supraocular region. Of these species, only
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,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFDDFFAA416E4FA6C" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">S. limitaris</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFF54FABA1755FA6C" box="[232,359,1406,1429]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">S. puyango</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFE11FABA1408FA6C" box="[429,570,1405,1429]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">S. santander</emphasis>
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have a postfemoral mite pocket.
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differs from
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(character states in parentheses) by lacking projected angulate temporals (23 dorsally-projected angulate temporals), and by having two canthals (canthal single). From
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it differs by having keeled dorsal head scales and keeled ventrals (smooth in
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).
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in color patterns (e.g., males of
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFE1BF9671409F943" box="[423,571,1698,1722]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">S. santander</emphasis>
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lack a distinct black mark on the ventral surface of neck, which is characteristic of
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFBB2FF1812B5FF0A" box="[1038,1159,219,243]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">S. limitaris</emphasis>
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); moreover, males of
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFCC4FF3D1231FEE8" box="[888,1027,249,273]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">S. santander</emphasis>
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have a more prominent vertebral crest.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="86CE650CFF82FFADFD0FFEF11415FE39" lastPageId="58" lastPageNumber="133" pageId="57" pageNumber="132" type="description">
<paragraph id="CE6B3687FF82FFAEFD0FFEF115EBF987" blockId="57.[664,1175,190,1722]" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFD0FFEF11506FEB5" box="[691,820,309,332]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">Description</emphasis>
.—(1) Maximum SVL in males 97 mm (
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); (2) maximum SVL in females 82 mm (
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); (3) vertebrals 4052; (4) paravertebrals 4860; (5) scales around midbody 3954; (6) supraoculars 35; (7) internasals 45; (8) postrostrals 25; (9) loreals 23; (10) gulars 1723; (11) subdigitals on Finger IV 1723; (12) subdigitals on Toe IV 2432; (13) posthumeral mite pocket present as a deep depression; (14) postfemoral mite pocket distinct with slit-like opening; (15) parietal eye visible through interparietal cornea in 78% of specimens; (16) scales on occipitoparietal region large, keeled, subimbricate; (17) projecting angulate temporals absent; (18) one row of enlarged supraoculars occupying most of supraocular region present; (19) scales on frontonasal region imbricate anteriorly; (20) preauricular fringe present; (21) neck folds absent; (22) lateral and dorsal nuchals similar in size; (23) posterior gulars rhomboidal, smooth or slightly keeled, imbricate, not notched; (24) lateral and dorsal body scales similar in size; (25) vertebrals larger than adjacent paravertebrals; (26) dorsolateral crest absent; (27) ventrals keeled, imbricate, mucronate; (28) scales on posterior surfaces of thighs keeled, imbricate; (29) inguinal granular pocket absent; (30) inguinal groove absent; (31) preanals projected; (32) tail strongly compressed laterally in adult males; (33) tail length 6972% of total length; (34) caudal whorls per autotomic segment three; (35) caudals not spinose; (36) dark brown stripe extending anterodorsally from subocular region to supraciliaries always present; (37) dark patch extensively covering gular region in 40% of females; (38) dark patch extensively covering gular region of adult males absent; (39) black patch on ventral surface of neck in adult males always present; (40) dark midventral longitudinal mark such as faint line, conspicuous stripe, or extensive patch in adult males always present; (41) dark patches on ventral surface of thighs in adult males absent; (42) postxiphisternal inscriptional ribs continuous midventrally, Pattern 6A.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF82FFAEFD0FF940150AF965" box="[691,824,1668,1692]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="132">Color in life</emphasis>
.—Dorsum brown with a longitudinal series of dark chevrons (more distinct in subadults); side of neck and flanks yellowish brown in females; loreal and supralabial regions dull yellowish white; light yellow vertical stripe on shoulder; throat and pectoral region grayish white with yellow tint in females; ventral surfaces of body, limbs, and tail grayish tan in females; upper edge of posterior surface of thigh with light yellowish-brown stripe in females and subadults (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="86CE650CFF81FFADFF16FE02142DFD89" pageId="58" pageNumber="133" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="CE6B3687FF81FFADFF16FE02142DFD89" blockId="58.[143,654,190,947]" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFF16FE021754FE27" box="[170,358,454,478]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">Natural History</emphasis>
.—Although some specimens were collected in humid deciduous forest,
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFF5CFDC5176EFDE1" box="[224,348,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">S. limitaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been mostly observed among thickets and fencerows in disturbed areas including pastures, agricultural land, and secondary forest (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="86CE650CFF81FFADFF16FDB2179CFC4A" pageId="58" pageNumber="133" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="CE6B3687FF81FFADFF16FDB2179CFC4A" blockId="58.[143,654,190,947]" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFF16FDB21703FD77" box="[170,305,630,654]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">Distribution</emphasis>
.—
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFEEFFDB3140EFD77" box="[339,572,630,654]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">Stenocercus limitaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in the western slopes of the western Cordillera of the northern Andes between 5
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFDFEFD75147EFD30" bold="true" box="[578,588,689,713]" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">°</emphasis>
S3
<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFDC9FD75144DFD30" bold="true" box="[629,639,689,713]" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">°</emphasis>
S (
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). This species is known at elevations of 6002200 m in the upper valley of Río Chira (Pacific drainage) in southern Ecuador (Provincias El Oro and Loja) and northern Peru (Departamentos Piura and Tumbes).
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFDC5FC8716D9FC81" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">S. limitaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is sympatric with
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFE7DFCA5140AFC81" box="[449,568,865,888]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">S. carrioni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Ecuador: Loja),
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFEB0FCBA1754FC6C" box="[268,358,893,917]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">S. festae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Ecuador: El Oro), and
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<emphasis id="FCA0EA95FF81FFADFDC5FCBA16DCFC4B" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="133">S. puyango</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Peru: Tumbes).
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