Loxopholis caparensis ( Esqueda, 2005 )

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 : 389

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).

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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.