Distributional records for Loxopholis rugiceps Cope, 1869 (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in Central America

By

Mora, José M.
Espinal, Mario Roberto
Chaves, Gerardo
López, Lucía Isabel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-5-10

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

15

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

363--368

Subjects

Costa Rica , Departamento de Cortés , Honduras , Loxopholis southi , Mesoamerica

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/15.3.363

 

Abstract

Only 2 lizard species of the 11 members of the genus Loxopholis Cope, 1869 are found in Central America, L. southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924) from Costa Rica to Colombia and L. rugiceps Cope, 1869 from Panama and Colombia. We report new country records for L. rugiceps from Honduras and Costa Rica. We collected 4 individuals of this species in Honduras in 2018 and 2 specimens in Costa Rica in 1997 and 2017. We discuss the distribution of L. rugiceps in Central America.