A new bush anole (Iguanidae, Polychrotinae, Polychrus) from the upper Marañon basin, Peru, with a redescription of Polychrus peruvianus (Noble, 1924) and additional information on P. gutturosus Berthold, 1845

By

Koch, Claudia
Venegas, Pablo J.
García Bravo, Antonio
Böhme, Wolfgang, 1944-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

141

Pages

79-107

Subjects

Andes , bush anoles , dryforest , lizard , new species , Polychrus gutturosus , Polychrus jacquelinae sp. n , Polychrus peruvianus , Polychrus spurrelli , Reptiles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.141.1678

 

Abstract

We herein describe a new colorful species of Polychrus with a conspicuous sexual dimorphism from the dry forest of the northern portion of Región de La Libertad, Peru. The new species differs from all other Polychrus species, in that this species has very small dorsal scales and thus a higher number of scales around midbody and in the middorsal line from behind the occipital scales to the level of the posterior edge of the thigh. Furthermore, we redescribe P. peruvianus whose original description is short and lacks information on intraspecific variation and sexual dimorphism. Also, we add some information on intraspecific variation and ecology of P. gutturosus. Finally, we synonymize P. spurrelli Boulenger with P. gutturosus.