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| Torres-Carvajal,Omar; Almendáriz,Ana; Valencia,Jorge; Yánez-Muñoz,Mario; Reyes,Juan P.. |
| We describe a new species of Enyalioides from lowland cloud forests in southwestern Ecuador. This represents the third species in the genus known to occur west of the Andes in South America; the other two species are E. heterolepis and E. oshaughnessyi. Among other characters, the new species can be distinguished from other members in the genus by having small, keeled, paravertebrals; a series of skin folds on the lateral aspects of body and neck; size-homogeneous scales on body and limbs; distinct caudal segments; and an extensive dark patch on the gular region of adult males. Morphological similarity suggests that the new species, which we call E. touzeti, is closely related to E. oshaughnessyi. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ecuador; Enyalioides; Hoplocercinae; Iguania; New species. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492008002000001 |
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