Neusticurus medemi Dixon & Lamar, 1981

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 : 387

Neusticurus medemi Dixon & Lamar, 1981

Distribution: In the Amazonian region of Colombia and Venezuela. In Colombia in the eastern of Caquetá department, Guaviare, Vaupés and likely Guainía ( Fig. 4C ).

Similar species: This species may be confused with Gelanesaurus spp. and Potamites ecpleopus for their external resemblance, being distinguishable in having small irregular scales not forming ridges (enlarged or tubercular dorsal scales forming longitudinal ridges in Gelanesaurus spp. and P. ecpleopus ).

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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.