We describe a new species of Microtegu lizard (Selvasaura) from the Amazonian slopes of the Andes in Ecuador. Among other characters, the new species differs from the only other known species of Selvasaura, namely, Selvasaura brava from Peru, in having more femoral pores in males and a unilobed hemipenis. We present the first description of the skull of Selvasaura, along with a molecular phylogeny of Cercosaurinae and genetic distances as additional evidence supporting delimitation of the new species.
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27 September 2021
A New Species of Microtegu Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from Amazonian Ecuador
Omar Torres-Carvajal,
Vanessa Parra,
Pedro M. Sales Nunes,
Claudia Koch
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Journal of Herpetology
Vol. 55 • No. 4
December 2021
Vol. 55 • No. 4
December 2021