TY - JOUR
T1 - Lizards of the genus Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)
T2 - the diversity in southern Ecuador revisited
AU - Sánchez-Pacheco, Santiago J.
AU - Aguirre-Peñafiel, Vanessa
AU - Torres-Carvajal, Omar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - And Riama vespertina
KW - Andes
KW - Microteiid lizards
KW - Riama aurea sp. N.
KW - Riama kiziriani sp. N.
KW - South America
KW - Taxonomy
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U2 - 10.2994/057.007.0308
DO - 10.2994/057.007.0308
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907262482
SN - 1808-9798
VL - 7
SP - 259
EP - 275
JO - South American Journal of Herpetology
JF - South American Journal of Herpetology
IS - 3
ER -