A new species of Riama Gray, 1858 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Tropical Andes

Autor(es)

Aguirre-Penafiel, Vanessa ^[1] ; Torres-Carvajal, Omar ^[1] ; Sales Nunes, Pedro M. ^{[2, 3]} ; Peck, Mika R. ^[4] ; Maddock, Simon T. ^{[5, 6]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Pontificia Univ Catolica Ecuador, Escuela Ciencias Biol, Museo Zool, Quito - Ecuador

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, BR-05422970 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Ctr Ciencias Biol, Dept Zool, BR-50670901 Recife, PE - Brazil

^[4] Univ Sussex, Dept Life Sci, Brighton BN1 9QJ, E Sussex - England

^[5] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Life Sci, London SW7 5BD - England

^[6] UCL, Dept Genet Evolut & Environm, London WC1E 6BT - England

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Zootaxa; v. 3866, n. 2, p. 246-260, SEP 23 2014.
• Citações Web of Science: 5

Resumo

A new species of Riama lizard from the western slopes of the Andes in northern Ecuador is described herein. Morphologically, Riama yumborum sp. nov. can be distinguished from all other congenerics by having an incomplete nasoloreal suture and a cylindrical hemipenial body with diagonally orientated flounces on its lateral aspect. Phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA support the monophyly of the new species and its sister taxon relationship with R. labionis, which occurs allopatrically. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 12/00492-8 - Filogenia da família Gymnophthlamidae (Squamata: Teiioidea) baseada em caracteres morfológicos
• Beneficiário: Pedro Murilo Sales Nunes
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado