Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru

Abstract. Two new species of lizards assigned to the genus Euspondylus from the montane forests of the Peruvian Andes in the Pasco Department (central Peru) and Ayacucho Department (southern Peru) both at elevations of 2550 and 3450 m, respectively, are described. The new species are distinguishable...

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Autores principales: Chávez, Germán, Siu-Ting, Karen, Duran, Vilma, Venegas, Pablo J
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21852931
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.109.1304
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author Chávez, Germán
Siu-Ting, Karen
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description Abstract. Two new species of lizards assigned to the genus Euspondylus from the montane forests of the Peruvian Andes in the Pasco Department (central Peru) and Ayacucho Department (southern Peru) both at elevations of 2550 and 3450 m, respectively, are described. The new species are distinguishable from all other Peruvian and Ecuadorian species of Euspondylus by a unique combination of morphometric, scalation and color pattern characteristics. Natural history data for the new species and for Euspondylus spinalis are also provided.
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spelling pubmed-31188182011-08-18 Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru Chávez, Germán Siu-Ting, Karen Duran, Vilma Venegas, Pablo J Zookeys Article Abstract. Two new species of lizards assigned to the genus Euspondylus from the montane forests of the Peruvian Andes in the Pasco Department (central Peru) and Ayacucho Department (southern Peru) both at elevations of 2550 and 3450 m, respectively, are described. The new species are distinguishable from all other Peruvian and Ecuadorian species of Euspondylus by a unique combination of morphometric, scalation and color pattern characteristics. Natural history data for the new species and for Euspondylus spinalis are also provided. Pensoft Publishers 2011-06-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3118818/ /pubmed/21852931 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.109.1304 Text en Germán Chávez, Karen Siu-Ting, Vilma Duran, Pablo J Venegas http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Chávez, Germán
Siu-Ting, Karen
Duran, Vilma
Venegas, Pablo J
Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru
title Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru
title_full Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru
title_fullStr Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru
title_full_unstemmed Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru
title_short Two new species of Andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus Euspondylus (Reptilia, Squamata) from central and southern Peru
title_sort two new species of andean gymnophthalmid lizards of the genus euspondylus (reptilia, squamata) from central and southern peru
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118818/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21852931
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.109.1304
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