Description of a New Species ofAlopoglossusBoulenger, 1885 from Western Colombia (Gymnophthalmoidea)
| Autor: | Cristian Hernández Morales, Pedro L. V. Peloso |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Systematics Gymnophthalmidae biology Ecology 010607 zoology Holotype biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Biodiversity hotspot Taxon Keeled scales Animal Science and Zoology Taxonomy (biology) Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Ventral scales |
| Zdroj: | South American Journal of Herpetology. 12:89-98 |
| ISSN: | 1808-9798 |
| DOI: | 10.2994/sajh-d-16-00059.1 |
| Popis: | We describe and name a new species of Alopoglossus (Gymnophthalmoidea: Alopoglossidae) from western Colombia (Departamentos Cauca and Valle del Cauca: Choco biodiversity hotspot). The new taxon is morphologically similar to Alopoglossus festae and A. viridis, from which it differs in having, among other things: strongly keeled imbricated temporal scales; strongly keeled scales on dorsum of hand; rhomboid, keeled, and heavily pigmented ventral scales. Specimens of this new taxon have been sitting in museum shelves for several decades (holotype collected over 40 years ago)—thus, we discuss the relevance of biological specimen collection and the importance of reexamination of old museum records, in search of unnamed biodiversity. |
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