Loxopholis parietalis ( Cope, 1886 )

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 : 390

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scientific name	Loxopholis parietalis ( Cope, 1886 )
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Loxopholis parietalis ( Cope, 1886)

Distribution: Known from the Amazonian foothills at the northeastern Andes of Peru, eastern Ecuador, the mountain range of Mérida, the Amazonia in Venezuela, and in southeastern Colombia ( Ávila-Pires 1995; Rivas et al. 2012). In Colombia, this species is distributed in the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental and the Amazonian region ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ).

Similar species: Loxopholis parietalis differs from other cis-Andean congenerics by the presence of a large fourth pair of chin-shields (reduced in L. hexalepis and L. percarinatum ); keeled ventral scales (smooth or weakly keeled in L. caparensis , smooth in L. hexalepis ); rhomboid dorsals (hexagonal to rectangular with straight lateral margins in L. snethlageae ); and a large frenocular scale (small frenocular scale in L. snethlageae ). For a more detailed description see Ávila-Pires (1995).

References

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

Cope, E. D. (1886) Catalogue of the species of batrachians and reptiles contained in a collection made at Pebas, Upper Amazon, by John Hauxwell. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 23, 94 - 103.

Rivas, G. A., Molina, C. R., Ugueto, G. N., Barros, T. R., Barrio-Amoros C. L. & Kok P. J. R. (2012) Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa, 3211 (1), 1 - 64. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3211.1.1

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.