Loxopholis caparensis (Esqueda, 2005)

Distribution: Known only from the Venezuelan and Colombian plains, in the Orinoco River basin (Esqueda 2005; Sánchez-Pacheco et al. 2016). In Colombia from the Arauca department in the northernmost Orinoquia (Fig. 4D).

Similar species: Currently, Loxopholis caparensis seems to have an allopatric distribution from other cis-Andean species of the genus. However, it can be differentiated from all the other eastern species of Loxopholis in Colombia in having smooth or weakly keeled ventral scales (keeled in L. parietalis, L. percarinatum, and L. snethlageae); and rhomboid dorsal scales (hexagonal in L. hexalepis). For a more detailed description see Esqueda (2005).