Stenocercus roseiventris Duméril & Bibron, 1837

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Stenocercus roseiventris Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Type-locality. Bolivia, restricted by d’Orbigny (1847) to the slopes of the Irupana mountains, in the province of Yungas, toward the valley of Rio de la Paz, Departamento La Paz, Bolivia.

Pertinent taxonomic references. Duméril & Bibron (1837), Fitzinger (1843), d’Orbigny (1847), Boulenger (1885), Werner (1913), Etheridge (1970d), Fritts (1974), Cadle (1991), Cei (1993), Ávila-Pires (1995), Torres- Carvajal (2005, 2007a, b), Torres-Carvajal et al. (2006).

Distribution and habitat. Stenocercus roseiventris is distributed in southwestern Amazonia, with its northern distribution restricted to the upper Ucayali and Juruá rivers, and its eastern distribution delimited by Ji-Paraná River, occurring in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia ( Fig. 18 ). Cei (1993) reported the species to Argentina. In Brazil it is known from the states of Acre and Rondônia. Stenocercus roseiventris is predominantly terrestrial and diurnal, inhabits primary and secondary terra firme forests, gallery forests, bamboo forests, rocky habitats near rivers, where it is found on the ground, on the lower parts of tree trunks, on fallen tree trunks, and on rocks (the species uses rock crevices as hiding places—Fritts 1974; Ávila-Pires 1995; Icochea et al. 2001; Schlüter et al. 2004; Macedo et al. 2008).

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FIGURE 18. Distribution of examined material of Stenocercus dumerilii and S. roseiventris.