Bachia guianensis Hoogmoed & Dixon, 1977

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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Distribution: In the Orinoquia region of Venezuela and Colombia ( Ribeiro-Júnior et al. 2016). In Colombia in the departments of Meta, Guaviare, Viachada and Guainía ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ).

Similar species: Bachia guianensis is within the B. heteropa species group, being differentiable from the B. flavescens species group in having hexagonal to lanceolate dorsal scales (quadrangular in B. flavescens group). It can also be separated from the B. bresslaui group in having dorsals smooth (keeled in the species of the B. bresslaui group). Within the B. heteropa group it can be separated from the other species, except B. remota , by the absence of interparietal scale (present in B. alleni , B. heteropa , B. pallidiceps , and B. trinitatis ). Moreover, B. guianensis can be easily distinguished from B. remota in having three supraciliary scales and by possessing prefrontal scales (two supraciliars and absence of prefrontals in B. remota ). For a more detailed description see Hoogmoed & Dixon (1977) and Ribeiro-Júnior et al. (2016).

References

Hoogmoed, M. S. & Dixon, J. R. (1977) A new species of Bachia (Teiidae, Sauria) from Estado Bolivar, Venezuela, with notes on the zoogeography of the genus. Zoologische Mededelingen, 51 (2), 25 - 31.

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

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.