A taxonomic revision of Proctoporus bolivianus Werner (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) with the description of three new species and resurrection of Proctoporus lacertus Stejneger

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Alternative: Revision of Proctoporus bolivianus Werner

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3786

By

Goicoechea, Noemí

Padial, José M.
Chaparro, Juan Carlos (Herpetologist)
Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago, 1979-
De La Riva, Ignacio

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Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY American Museum of Natural History 2013

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"October 30, 2013."

The genus Proctoporus comprises seven montane species distributed across the Central Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. Within this genus, the extensive morphological variation observed in populations traditionally assigned to Proctoporus bolivianus suggested the presence of additional species. Using a combination of morphological character differences and a phylogenetic hypothesis based on mitochondrial (12S, 16S, and ND4) and nuclear (c-mos) DNA sequences, we find P. bolivianus to be composed of six distinct lineages. Among these, we name and describe herein Proctoporus carabaya, P. iridescens, and P. kiziriani and we resurrect the name Proctoporus lacertus. The remaining two lineages are also considered unnamed species and are referred herein as confirmed candidate species (CCS), which we refrain from naming due to lack of appropriate material. The new species named herein are found in the departments of Cusco and Puno, Peru, and are distinguishable from all other species of Proctoporus by unique combinations of morphometric, pholidosis, and color-pattern characteristics. A neotype of P. bolivianus is designated.

Subjects

Bolivia , Classification , Cuzco (Department) , Larecaja (Province) , Lizards , Mountain animals , Peru , Proctoporus , Proctoporus bolivianus , Proctoporus lacertus , Puno (Department) , Reptiles

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3786 2013

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 861759783