Gonatodes caudiscutatus (Günther, 1859) (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae): distribution extension in Ecuador

By

Carvajal-Campos, Amaranta
Torres-Carvajal, Omar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012-6-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

8

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

525--527

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/8.3.525

 

Abstract

Gonatodes caudiscutatus is currently known from the Pacific coast of Ecuador, the Galapagos Archipelago and Peru (all west of the Andes). Here we provide the first records of this species from the Upper Amazon Basin east of the Andes in Ecuador. We found no morphometric or meristic differences between populations east and west of the Andes except in the number of loreals (fewer on eastern populations), and in the number of supraciliary spines (more individuals with higher number of supraciliary spines on western populations).