New records, range extensions and updated distribution of two gymnophthalmid lizards from the Caribbean Region, Colombia

By

Meza-Joya, Fabio Leonardo
Ramos-Pallares, Eliana

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-9-11

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1735--7

Subjects

Caribbean region , Caribbean region , Geographic distribution , gymnophthalmid lizards , Gymnophthalmus speciosus , Leposoma rugiceps

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1735

 

Abstract

In Colombia, detailed knowledge of the geographic distribution of gymnophthalmid lizards is scarce. This paper presents the first confirmed records of Leposoma rugiceps and provides additional records of Gymnophthalmus speciosus from Department of La Guajira, in the Colombian Caribbean Region. These records extend the geographical distribution of both species and support their wide distribution in the lowlands of north of Colombia. Furthermore, we provide an updated distribution map with known occurrences of these species in Colombia.