Bachia gr. flavescens (Bonnaterre, 1789)

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 : 384

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Bachia gr. flavescens

Distribution: Widespread in the Amazonian region of Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana (Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017). In Colombia there are some records in the eastern Amazonia region, in the departments of Guaviare and Vaupés ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ).

Similar species: Bachia flavescens may be differentiated from other cis-Andean species of the B. heteropa group ( B. alleni , B. guianensis , B. heteropa , B. pallidiceps , B. trinitatis ) and B. bresslaui group ( B. bresslaui , B. cacerensis , B. panoplia , B. psamophila , B. pyburni , and B. scolecoides ) in having quadrangular dorsal scales (hexagonal to lanceolate in B. bresslaui and B. heteropa groups). See Dixon (1973), Ávila-Pires (1995), and Ribeiro-Júnior et al. (2016) for a detailed description and comparisons.

Remarks: Bachia flavescens has been suggested as a species complex given its broad morphological variation ( Kizirian & McDiarmid 1998; Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017). Previously, Dixon (1973) suggested that the individuals from Colombia belonging to the B. flavescens group may correspond to an undescribed species.

References

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

Dixon, J. R. (1973) A Systematic Review of the Teiid Lizards, Genus Bachia, with Remarks on Heterodactylus and Anotosaura. Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History, 57, 1 - 47.

Kizirian, D. A. & McDiarmid, R. W. (1998) A New Species of Bachia (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) with Plesiomorphic Limb Morphology. Herpetologica, 54 (2), 245 - 53.

Ribeiro-Junior, M. A., da Silva, M. B. & Lima, J. D. (2016) A New Species of Bachia Gray 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Eastern Guiana Shield. Herpetologica, 72 (2), 148 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.1655 / HERPETOLOGICA-D- 15 - 00030

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.