Loxopholis snethlageae ( Ávila-Pires, 1995 )

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 : 391

Loxopholis snethlageae ( Ávila-Pires, 1995)

Distribution: Western Amazonia of Brazil, north Peru and southern Colombia ( Ribeiro-Júnior & Amaral 2017). In Colombia it is known only from the Amazonas department ( Fig. 4D ).

Similar species: Loxopholis snethlageae differs from its congenerics by the presence of a large fourth pair of chin-shields (reduced in L. hexalepis and L. percarinatum ); sharply keeled ventral scales (smooth or weakly keeled in L. caparensis , smooth in L. hexalepis ); hexagonal to quadrangular or lanceolate dorsal scales, and third supraocular larger than the second (rhomboid dorsal scales and second supraocular subequal or largest than third in L. parietalis ). For a more detailed description see Ávila-Pires (1995).

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.