Cnemidophorus

Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Amaral, Silvana, 2016, Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. III. Anguidae, Scincidae, Teiidae, Zootaxa 4205 (5), pp. 401-430 : 412

Cnemidophorus sp. 3

Taxonomic remarks. Cnemidophorus sp. 3 differs from other forms of the Cnemidophorus lemniscatus group in some aspects of scutellation and color pattern. It is under description by MAR-J.

Distribution and habitat. Cnemidophorus sp. 3 is endemic to Brazilian Amazonia, in Pará state, and until now known only from one enclave of open vegetation between the lower Trombetas and Nhamundá rivers, near Sapucuá Lake ( Fig. 6 ). It is sexually dimorphic, terrestrial, and diurnal, and can found on open sandy soil, among grasses and under bushes (MAR-J field data). Even though Cnemidophorus sp. 3, C. lemniscatus , and C. cryptus are found in areas relatively close, they were not recorded in the same enclaves of open vegetation.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Distribution of examined material of Cnemidophorus lemniscatus, Cnemidophorus sp. 2, Cnemidophorus sp. 3, and Dracaena guianensis.