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Issue: Vol. 1700 No. 1: 7 Feb. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-02-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1700.1.4
Page range: 53–62
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 2

A new Petracola and re-description of P. ventrimaculatus (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae)

Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024–5192, USA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1606, USA Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024–5192, USA Abraham Joshua Heschel High School, 20 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10023–7809, USA Harvard University, 1092 Harvard Yard Mail Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, USA
Early Entrance Program, California State University–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA
Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024–5192, USA
Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024–5192, USA Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Reptilia Andes lizard new species Peru

Abstract

We describe Petracola waka sp. nov. and re-describe the poorly known P. ventrimaculatus, both high-Andean gymnophthalmids from northern Peru. The new species is diagnosed by gracile habitus, smooth dorsal scales, an anterior superciliary that extends onto the dorsum, absence of loreal, three genials, 36–49 transverse dorsal scale rows, 23–28 transverse ventral scale rows, 0–7 femoral pores, absence of subocular-labial fusion, and a color pattern consisting of dark spots or fine lines or bands on a pale brown background. Petracola waka is known from the middle Río Marañon and CajamaraCajabamba basin (Río Crisnejos drainage) from small isolated syngamic systems at 2650–2900 m and is parapatrically distributed with respect to P. ventrimaculatus, which occurs at higher elevations.

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