Lizards of the Genus Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): The Diversity in Southern Ecuador Revisited

Santiago J. Sánchez-Pacheco; Vanessa Aguirre-Peñafiel; Omar Torres-Carvajal

doi:10.2994/057.007.0308

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Santiago J. Sánchez-Pacheco,^1,2,3 Vanessa Aguirre-Peñafiel,⁴ Omar Torres-Carvajal⁴

¹1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3B2, Canada.
²2. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6, Canada.
³4. E-mail corresponding author: Santiago.sanchezpacheco@mail.utoronto.ca
⁴3. Escuela de Biología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador.

Abstract

Following examination of recently collected and older specimens of Riama from southern Ecuador, we report morphological variation in R. vespertina and modify the species diagnosis and description accordingly; furthermore, we describe two new species, comment on additional diversity of the genus in this region and discuss some character-states, specially dorsal scale relief (specifically striated and keeled conditions). We provide an identification key to the species of Riama occurring in southern Ecuador.

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Santiago J. Sánchez-Pacheco, Vanessa Aguirre-Peñafiel, and Omar Torres-Carvajal "Lizards of the Genus Riama (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): The Diversity in Southern Ecuador Revisited," South American Journal of Herpetology 7(3), 259-275, (1 December 2012). https://doi.org/10.2994/057.007.0308

Received: 18 June 2012; Accepted: 1 December 2012; Published: 1 December 2012

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