Cercosaura oshaughnessyi ( Boulenger, 1885 )

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 : 387

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Cercosaura oshaughnessyi ( Boulenger, 1885)

Distribution: Western Amazonia in Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia ( Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017). In Colombia it is mainly distributed within the Amazonia region, with some records in southern Orinoquia ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ).

Similar species: Cercosaura oshaughnessyi is distinguished from its congeners in having 11–17 longitudinal rows of enlarged hexagonal dorsal scales forming transversal lines, and a divided frontonasal (dorsal hexagonal scales arranged in transverse and oblique series in C. hypnoides , eight longitudinal rows in the C. ocellata group, and a single frontonasal in the C. ocellata group and C. hypnoides ); and scales on flanks distinctly smaller than dorsals, 31–45 scales around midbody, presence of preanal pores, and two ventral scales separated by the femoral pores (scales on flanks moderately smaller than dorsals, 27–35 scales around midbody, absence of preanal pores, and four ventral scales separated by the femoral pores in C. argulus ). See Ávila-Pires (1995), Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral (2017), and Sturaro et al. (2018) for a detailed description.

Remarks: See C. argulus remarks.

References

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

Boulenger, G. A. (1885) Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2. Taylor and Francis, London, 497 pp.

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

Sturaro, M. J., Rodrigues, M. T., Colli, G. R., Knowles, L. L. & Avila-Pires, T. C. (2018) Integrative taxonomy of the lizards Cercosaura ocellata species complex (Reptilia: Gymnophthalmidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 275, 37 - 65. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. jcz. 2018.04.004

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.