Check List 11(5): e19334, doi: 10.15560/11.5.1735
New records, range extensions and updated distribution of two gymnophthalmid lizards from the Caribbean Region, Colombia
Fabio Leonardo Meza-Joya‡, Eliana Ramos-Pallares§‡ Colección Herpetológica and Laboratorio de Biología Reproductiva de Vertebrados, Grupo de Estudios en Biodiversidad, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, Colombia§ Universidad Industrial de Santander Colombia Endémica, Asociación para el estudio y la conservación de los recursos naturales, Colombia
Corresponding author: Fabio Meza-Joya ( fleonardo78@gmail.com ) © 2017 Fabio Meza-Joya, Eliana Ramos-Pallares. 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:
Meza-Joya F, Ramos-Pallares E (2015) New records, range extensions and updated distribution of two gymnophthalmid lizards from the Caribbean Region, Colombia. Check List 11(5): 1735. 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.
Keywords
Leposoma rugiceps; Gymnophthalmus speciosus; gymnophthalmid lizards; geographic distribution; Caribbean Region