Check List 19(4): 549-553, doi: 10.15560/19.4.549

Tropidurus chromatops Harvey & Gutberlet, 1998 (Squamata, Tropiduridae): first records from and range extension to the Beni Department, Bolivia

Luis R. Rivas^‡, Gil A. Ojopi^§, Cord B. Eversole^|, Randy L. Powell^¶, Gabriel Callapa^#

‡ Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián, Trinidad, Bolivia§ Unaffiliated, Bella Vista, Bolivia| Stephen F. Austin State University, Kingsville, United States of America¶ Texas A&M University, Kingsville, United States of America# Bolivian Amphibian Initiative, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Corresponding author: Luis R. Rivas ( luisrivas301280@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Luisa Diele-Viegas

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Rivas LR, Ojopi GA, Eversole CB, Powell RL, Callapa G (2023) Tropidurus chromatops Harvey & Gutberlet, 1998 (Squamata, Tropiduridae): first records from and range extension to the Beni Department, Bolivia. Check List 19(4): 549-553. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.4.549

Abstract

We present the first records of Tropidurus chromatops Harvey & Gutberlet, 1998 from the Beni Department (Bolivia) and extend this species’ distribution to western Bolivia by approximately 256 km in a straight line to the Beni Floodplains ecoregion. Likewise, we contribute information on some aspects of the natural history, altitude of occurrence, and the geographic distribution of T. chromatops in the Department of Beni.

Keywords

Bolivian Precambrian, floodplains, lizard, rock outcrops