Enyalioides altotambo, the Alto Tambo woodlizard, is a species of lizards in the family Hoplocercidae. It is endemic to the tropical northwestern Andes in Ecuador. It is named after its type locality, Alto Tambo in the Esmeraldas Province. It differs from its congeneric species by possessing smooth and homogeneous (size) dorsal scales, a brown iris, and lacking circular and keeled scales on its flanks.[1][2]
Enyalioides altotambo | |
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Adult female | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Hoplocercidae |
Genus: | Enyalioides |
Species: | E. altotambo
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Binomial name | |
Enyalioides altotambo |
Gallery
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Holotype (adult male)
References
edit- ^ a b Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Venegas, Pablo J. & de Queiroz, Kevin (2015). "Three new species of woodlizards (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from northwestern South America". ZooKeys (494): 107–132. doi:10.3897/zookeys.494.8903. PMC 4400379. PMID 25901116.
- ^ Enyalioides altotambo at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 September 2021.