Title
New distribution records for euspondylus excelsum chávez, catenazzi & venegas, 2017 (Reptilia, gymnophthalmidae, cercosaurinae) in Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Pensoft Publishers
Abstract
Euspondylus excelsum was described from 8 specimens from the Region Huánuco in central Peru. We obtained an adult female from the Region Junín and a subadult male (photo vouchers only) from the Region Madre de Dios. Our new records of E. excelsum extend the range of this species by 592 km to the south and increase the previously known elevational range from 1023–1159 m a.s.l. to 550–1550 m a.s.l. The adult female is the largest known specimen extending the maximum SVL to 90.1 mm. Our findings indicate that E. excelsum is relatively widely distributed in the montane forests and foothills of the eastern Andes. Its arboreal mode of life is probably one reason for its rarity and limited records during traditional field surveys.
Start page
1141
End page
1149
Volume
14
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología marina, Biología de agua dulce, Limnología
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Ecología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85063752761
Source
Check List
ISSN of the container
1809127X
Sponsor(s)
We thank A. Catenazzi for reviewing our paper and for providing helpful corrections and suggestions that helped to improve our manuscript. We thank the director of the PPPF biologist J. Ríos, and the park guards H. Llantoy Cárdenas, L.F. Zevallos García. We thank J.H. Córdova (MUSM, Lima) for loan of material. Fieldwork by EL was funded by a Northern European Explorers Grant (GEFNE13-11) from National Geographic Society Science and Exploration Europe. The work of JM was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (DKRVO 2018/14 National Museum Prague, 00023272). RvM thanks the National Science Foundation (DBI-1103087) and the National Geographic Society (Grant # 9191-12). AW and JV thank the TJMF Foundation, Chicago Herpetological Society, the Louise Hiom Fund, and Glasgow Natural History Society for financial support of fieldwork. Collecting permits granted to EL (No-064-2013-AG-DGFFS-DGEFFS), AW (No-0296-2012-AG-DGFFS-DGEFFS), and export permits were issued by the Ministerio del Ambiente, Lima, Peru.
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