Check List 13(1): e19634, doi: 10.15560/13.1.2032
Northernmost new records of Enyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz & Reyes, 2008 (Sauria: Hoplocercidae) from Ecuador: altitudinal and latitudinal distribution extension, new provincial and biogeographical record
Luis Amador‡, Carlos Gómez§, Carlos A. Londoño-Guarnizo§, Jhulyana López-Caro|, Alejandro Arteaga¶‡ Universidad Austral de Chile Universidad Laica Vicente Rocafuerte de Guayaquil, Ecuador§ Grupo de Herpetología de la Universidad del Quindío (GHUQ), Universidad del Quindío, Colombia| Universidad del Quindío, Colombia¶ Tropica Herping Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica, Ecuador
Corresponding author: Alejandro Arteaga ( alejandro@tropicalherping.com ) © 2017 Luis Amador, Carlos Gómez, Carlos Londoño-Guarnizo, Jhulyana López-Caro, Alejandro Arteaga. 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:
Amador L, Arteaga A, Gómez C, López-Caro J, Londoño-Guarnizo C (2017) Northernmost new records of Enyalioides touzeti Torres-Carvajal, Almendáriz, Valencia, Yánez-Muñoz & Reyes, 2008 (Sauria: Hoplocercidae) from Ecuador: altitudinal and latitudinal distribution extension, new provincial and biogeographical record. Check List 13(1): 2032. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2032 |  |
Abstract
In this note, we present new locality records and extend the known geographical distribution and elevation range of the dwarf iguana Enyalioides touzeti in southern Ecuador. Presence of E. touzeti in heavily deforested coastal regions of southwestern Ecuador suggests an urgent need for research to evaluate its conservation status.
Keywords
coastal range; Equatorial Pacific; dwarf-iguana; Churute; Andes