A new species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from a remote area in the Peruvian Andes

By

Chávez, Germán
García-Ayachi, Luis A.
Catenazzi, Alessandro

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023-4-26

Original Publication

Evolutionary systematics

Volume

7

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

123--132

Subjects

central Peru , eastern Andes , new species , Phylogeny

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Hamburg Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118

 

Abstract

We describe a new species of Selvasaura lizard from the western slopes of the eastern Andes of central Peru. Among other characters, the new species differs from congeners in having keeled dorsal scales and more transverse rows of scales on dorsum. We present a phylogeny as additional evidence supporting delimitation of the new species.