Loxopholis sp.

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 : 390

Loxopholis sp.

Distribution: In Colombia there is a single record of this Loxopholis in the eastern Amazon region ( Fig. 4D ).

Remarks: The specimen we examined presented a mixture of characters among Loxopholis ioanna , L. osvaldoi , L. parietalis , L. percarinatum , and L. snethlageae . For example, this individual has three pairs of chin shields being the third reduced as in L. ioanna (four enlarged in L. parietalis and L. snethlageae , three with the fourth reduced in L. osvaldoi and L. percarinatum ). As well, it has the third supraocular larger than the second as in L. osvaldoi and L. snethlageae . Moreover, dorsals are rhomboidal like in L. parietalis and L. percarinatum , scales around the midbody are 26, lying in the range of L. osvaldoi and L. percarinatum , but transversally there are 31 like in L. parietalis . Ventral scales also resemble in shape to those of L. percarinatum . It is important to mention that L. ioanna is distributed in the Pacific coast of Colombia and L. osvaldoi group in the southern Amazonia of Brazil. We do not assign a specific determination because this individual is not in full agreement with any other Loxopholis of the region.

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.