Title
Three new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, enyalioides) from northwestern south america
Date Issued
01 April 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
The discovery of three new species of Enyalioides from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and northern Peru is reported. Enyalioides altotambo sp. n. occurs in northwestern Ecuador and differs from other species of Enyalioides in having dorsal scales that are both smooth and homogeneous in size, a brown iris, and in lacking enlarged, circular and keeled scales on the flanks. Enyalioides anisolepis sp. n. occurs on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in southern Ecuador and northern Peru and can be distinguished from other species of Enyalioides by its scattered, projecting large scales on the dorsum, flanks, and hind limbs, as well as a well-developed vertebral crest, with the vertebrals on the neck at least three times higher than those between the hind limbs. Enyalioides sophiarothschildae sp. n. is from the Amazonian slopes of the Cordillera Central in northeastern Peru; it differs from other species of Enyalioides in having caudal scales that are relatively homogeneous in size on each caudal segment, a white gular region with a black medial patch and several turquoise scales in males, as well as immaculate white labials and chin. A molecular phylogenetic tree of 18 species of hoplocercines is presented, including the three species described in this paper and E. cofanorum, as well as an updated identification key for species of Hoplocercinae.
Start page
107
End page
132
Issue
494
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84927746270
Source
ZooKeys
ISSN of the container
13132989
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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