A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru

Abstract. We describe a new lizard species of the genus Potamites from the montane forests of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba (Cusco region) and Apurimac River valley (Ayacucho region), between 1500 and 2000 meters of elevation, in southern Peru. The new species is distinguishable from all other specie...

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Autores principales: Chávez, Germán, Vásquez, Diego
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22423189
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.168.2048
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description Abstract. We describe a new lizard species of the genus Potamites from the montane forests of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba (Cusco region) and Apurimac River valley (Ayacucho region), between 1500 and 2000 meters of elevation, in southern Peru. The new species is distinguishable from all other species of the genus mainly by having highly keeled scattered scales on dorsum and females lacking femoral pores.
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spelling pubmed-32934422012-03-15 A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru Chávez, Germán Vásquez, Diego Zookeys Article Abstract. We describe a new lizard species of the genus Potamites from the montane forests of the Cordillera de Vilcabamba (Cusco region) and Apurimac River valley (Ayacucho region), between 1500 and 2000 meters of elevation, in southern Peru. The new species is distinguishable from all other species of the genus mainly by having highly keeled scattered scales on dorsum and females lacking femoral pores. Pensoft Publishers 2012-01-27 /pmc/articles/PMC3293442/ /pubmed/22423189 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.168.2048 Text en Germán Chávez, Diego Vásquez http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru
title A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru
title_full A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru
title_fullStr A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru
title_full_unstemmed A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru
title_short A new species of Andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus Potamites (Sauria, Gymnophtalmidae) from southern Peru
title_sort new species of andean semiaquatic lizard of the genus potamites (sauria, gymnophtalmidae) from southern peru
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3293442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22423189
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.168.2048
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