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SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2015)

New records of the wood-lizard <em>Enyalioides altotambo</em> (Sauria: Hoplocercidae) en Ecuador

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v7i1.222
Submitted
November 24, 2015
Published
2015-05-22

Abstract

We report two new localities of the recently described wood-lizard Enyalioides altotambo extending the geographic and altitudinal range of the species. We present morphological and morphometric data, and discuss the validity and variation of some lepidosis and colour diagnostic characters.

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