Spectacled Tegus

Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature

Jalapao Region, Brazilian cerrado, Brazil

Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Life Stages And Gender: Adult/Sexually Mature | Anatomy: Body Parts :: Eyes | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic

Jalapao Region, Brazilian cerrado, Brazil

Parque Estadual Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

Jalapao Region, Brazilian cerrado, Brazil

Parque Estadual Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

Parque Estadual Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

Subject: Live Animal | Type: Photo | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes) | Behaviors: Self Care :: Resting | Anatomy: Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic

Figure 1.Euspondylus chasqui, new species, from southeastern Peru. Holotype male (CORBIDI 06963, a); female (CORBIDI 06961, b); and male (CORBIDI 06969, c, d).

Figure 1.Potamites montanicola, new species from southern Peru. Holotype male (CORBIDI 08322) A female (CORBIDI 08328) B uncollected juvenile C ventral view of males of the type series, from left to right: CORBIDI 08324, CORBIDI 08322 (holotype), CORBIDI 08325, CORBIDI 08326, CORBIDI 08335 D

Figure 1.Holotype of Alopoglossus viridiceps sp. n. in dorsal (top) and ventral (bottom) views. Male, SVL = 57.89 mm, QCAZ10670. Photographs by OTC.

Parque Estadual Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

Parque Estadual Guajara-Mirim, Rondonia, Brazil

Figure 2.Heads of various species of Euspondylus. Holotype of Euspondylus chasqui (CORBIDI 06963, a,b), holotype of Euspondylus oreades (CORBIDI 07219, c,d) and Euspondylus spinalis (CORBIDI 07234, e,f).

Figure 2.Lateral A dorsal B and ventral C views of the head of Potamites montanicola holotype (CORBIDI 08322)

Figure 2.Head of holotype of Alopoglossus viridiceps sp. n. (QCAZ10670) in dorsal (top), lateral (middle) and ventral (bottom) views. Photographs by OTC.

Figure 2.Heads of various species of Euspondylus. Holotype of Euspondylus chasqui (CORBIDI 06963, a,b), holotype of Euspondylus oreades (CORBIDI 07219, c,d) and Euspondylus spinalis (CORBIDI 07234, e,f).

Figure 3.Distinguishable characters of Potamites montanicola. Femoral pores and dorsal scutellation in the holotype (CORBIDI 08322) A–B absence of femoral pores and dorsal scutellation in female (CORBIDI 08328) C–D

Figure 3.Species of Alopoglossus from western Ecuador. A, B Alopoglossus viridiceps sp. n., paratype QCAZ11854, juvenile male, SVL = 38.67 mm C, D Alopoglossus viridiceps sp. n., paratype QCAZ10671, juvenile female, SVL = 33.80 mm E, F Alopoglossus viridiceps sp. n., paratype QCAZ11855, juvenile, SVL = 31.59 mm G, H Alopoglossus festae, QCAZ 9161, female, SVL = 46.89 mm.

Figure 3.Euspondylus oreades, new species, from central Peru. Holotype male (CORBIDI 07219, a,b) and female (CORBIDI 07216, c,d).

Figure 4.Potamites species from Peru. Potamites montanicola (CORBIDI, 08324) A Potamites strangulatus strangulatus from Cordillera de Kampankis, Amazonas, northern Peru (not collected individual) B photo by Alessandro Catenazzi; Potamites ecpleopus fromCordillera de Kampankis, Amazonas, northern Peru (CORBIDI 09516) C photo by Alessandro Catenazzi; Potamites strangulatus trachodus from Cordillera Escalera, San Martin, northern Peru (CORBIDI 06368) D photo by Pablo J. Venegas.

Figure 4.Distribution of Alopoglossus viridiceps sp. n. (triangles) and its sister species Alopoglossus festae (circles) in Ecuador. Locality data for Alopoglossus festae was taken both from the literature (blue circles; Almendáriz and Carr 2012; Köhler et al. 2012) and museum specimens (green circles; see Appendix).