A new species of Anadia (Reptilia, Squamata) from the Venezuelan 'Lost World', northern South America
- A new gymnophthalmid lizard of the genus Anadia Gray, 1845 is described from the summit of Abakapá-tepui, Bolívar State, Venezuela, between 2200-2242 m elevation. The new species, Anadia mcdiarmidi sp. nov., is endemic to the Chimantá Massif and seemingly also occurs on Amurí-tepui and Murei-tepui. The new taxon is mainly distinguished from all known congeners by the following combination of characters: body fairly robust, dorsal scales small and quadrangular, middorsal scales 53-57, suboculars large, subequal in size, with sometimes one scale slightly protruding downward between 4th and 5th supralabial, nasal entire, without sub-nostril groove, body uniform beige or greyish to bluish brown in life, devoid of any conspicuous pattern in males, venter immaculate golden grey in life, femoral pores 9-10 on each side in males, preanal pores absent, hemipenis globose, weakly bilobed, bordered by numerous fl ounces (>20) bearing comblike rows of minute weakly mineralized spinules. The presence of a species of Anadia, a primarily Andean genus, on the top of tepuis is of considerable interest to the understanding of the Pantepui biogeography.
Author: | Philippe J.R. KokORCiDGND, Gilson A. Rivas |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-326556 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2011.3 |
Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 3 |
Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (3) |
Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Place of publication: | Paris |
Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2011/09/29 |
Date of first Publication: | 2011/09/29 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2013/12/13 |
Tag: | Chimantá Massif; Gymnophthalmidae; Hemipenes; Lizard; Pantepui |
Page Number: | 18 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 18 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 362661421 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |