Lizards of the genus Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): the diversity in southern Ecuador revisited

Santiago J. Sánchez-Pacheco*, Vanessa Aguirre-Peñafiel, Omar Torres-Carvajal

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Abstract

Following examination of recently collected and older specimens of Riama from southern Ecuador, we report morphological variation in R. Vespertina and modify the species diagnosis and description accordingly; furthermore, we describe two new species, comment on additional diversity of the genus in this region and discuss some character-states, specially dorsal scale relief (specifically striated and keeled conditions). We provide an identification key to the species of Riama occurring in southern Ecuador.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-275
Number of pages17
JournalSouth American Journal of Herpetology
Volume7
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Bibliographical note

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Funding

funding for sJsp was provided by an american museum of natural history collection study grant and a coLciencias doctoral fellowship. va and otc received funding from senes-cyt (pic-08-0000470). manuscript preparation was supported by a natural sciences and engineering research council discovery grant 3148 to robert W. murphy. robert W. murphy, ross d. macculloch, tiffany m. doan and david a. Kizirian offered many suggestions that greatly improved the paper. for specimen loans and access to collections we are grateful to Kevin de queiroz and traci d. hartsell (usnm), Jose rosado (mcz), ronald a. nussbaum and greg schneider (ummz), alan resetar (fmnh), Linda trueb and andrew campbell (Ku), s. o. Kullander and e. ahlander (nrm), fernando castro (uv-c), Jhon Jairo calderón (pso-cz), J. salazar and h. f. arias (mhnuc), a. maldonado (iavh), marta L. calderón espinosa (icn), carol L. spencer and sarah Werning (mvz), J. v. vindum (cas-sur), ana al-mendáriz (epnh), mario yánez-muñoz (dhmecn), Jorge valencia (fhgo) and Julio mario hoyos (muJ). pedro h. Bernardo and Will shim provided the photographs of the Riama aurea holotype, and the head drawings of Riama aurea and R. kiziriani, respectively. marco rada’s expertise in image manipulation was helpful in making the figures.

FundersFunder number
Luonnontieteiden ja Tekniikan Tutkimuksen Toimikunta3148

    Keywords

    • And Riama vespertina
    • Andes
    • Microteiid lizards
    • Riama aurea sp. N.
    • Riama kiziriani sp. N.
    • South America
    • Taxonomy

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