Title
Stenocercus bolivarensis Castro & Ayala 1982 (Squamata: Tropiduridae): a distribution extension in Quindío (Colombia), three decades after its discovery
Author(s)
Vanegas-Guerrero, J.;Londono-Guarnizo, C.A.;Gomez-Hoyos, D.A.
Published
2015
Publisher
Biota Colombiana
Abstract
The Bolivar Whorltail Iguana, Stenocercus bolivarensis, is only known in museum collections from six specimens collected in 1982 at its type locality "around Bolivar municipality in the department of Cauca, Colombia". After three decades of no records in other localities, herein we report a new record of the Bolivar extension of 285 km North from previous records and represents a latitudinal extension of 2.5°. The newly introduced record of S. bolivarensis apparently belongs to an established population. Finally, we discuss the conservation implications of this rediscovery. The Bolivar's collared lizard, Stenocercus bolivarensis, is only known from six museum specimens, collected in 1982 at its type locality "around the municipality of Bolivar in the department of Cauca, Colombia". After three decades without records from other localities, we report in this paper a new record of the Bolivar collarejo lizard for the department of Quindío (municipality of Armenia), which also has a latitudinal extent of 2.5 °. The new record of S. bolivarensis comes from an apparently established population. Finally, the conservation implications of this rediscovery are discussed.
Keywords
Andes;Geographic distribution;Range extension;Threatened lizard;Vulnerable.
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