Arthrosaura reticulata ( O’Shaughnessy, 1881 )

Diago-Toro, María F., García-Cobos, Daniela, Brigante-Luna, Giovanni D. & Vásquez-Restrepo, Juan D., 2021, Fantastic lizards and where to find them: cis-Andean microteiids (Squamata: Alopoglossidae & Gymnophthalmidae) from the Colombian Orinoquia and Amazonia, Zootaxa 5067 (3), pp. 377-400 : 388-389

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Arthrosaura reticulata ( O’Shaughnessy, 1881)

Distribution: Widespread along the Amazonia in Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia ( Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017). In Colombia in the south and eastern Amazonia region, including Putumayo, Caquetá, Amazonas, Vaupés and Guainía departments ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ).

Similar species: Arthrosaura . reticulata can be misidentified with sympatric cis-Andean species from the genera Loxopholis and Alopoglossus . However, it is easily distinguished from the former as the posterior margin of the interparietal and parietals scales form a straight line (posterior margin of interparietal and parietals rounded in Loxopholis ). In addition, it differs from species of Alopoglossus by the presence of occipital scales (absent in Al. atriventris , Al. avilapiresae , and Al. buckleyi ); prefrontal scales present (absent in Al. bicolor ); four pairs of chinshields, three supraocular scales, and sharply keeled dorsals (three pairs of chin-shields, four supraoculars, and weakly keeled dorsals in Al. brevifrontalis ). For a more detailed description see Hoogmoed & Ávila-Pires (1992) and Ávila-Pires (1995).

References

Avila-Pires, T. (1995) Lizards of Brazilian Amazonia (Reptilia: Squamata). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 299, 1 - 706.

Hoogmoed, M. S. & Avila-Pires, T. S. (1992) Studies on the species of the South American lizard genus Arthrosaura Boulenger (Reptilia: Sauria: Teiidae), with the resurrection of two species. Zoologische Mededelingen, 66 (35), 453 - 484.

O'Shaughnessy, A. W. E. (1881) An account of the collection of lizards made by Mr. Buckley in Ecuador, and now in the British Museum, with descriptions of the new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1881, 227 - 245. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1881. tb 01282. x

Ribeiro-Junior, M. A. & Amaral, S. (2017) Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae. Zootaxa, 4269 (2), 151 - 196. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4269.2.1

Figures

FIGURE 4. Distribution maps for the cis-Andean microteiid lizards in Colombia (Alopoglossidae + Gymnophthalmidae). Circles are examined specimens, while squares are records from literature (see Supplementary Files for specific references). Red arrows indicate new records for Colombia. Black arrows show a zoom in to regions where several records overlap. The light green shadow indicates the Orinoco River basin, and the dark green the Amazon River basin.