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- Title
A New Species of Bachia Gray 1845 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Eastern Guiana Shield.
- Authors
Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A.; da Silva, Marcélia B.; Lima, Jucivaldo D.
- Abstract
A new species of Bachia of the B. heteropa group is described from the Parque Nacional Montanhas do Tumucumaque in northeastern Amazonia, Amapá State, Brazil. The new species morphologically resembles B. heteropa and B. guianensis. Nonetheless, the absence of interparietal and prefrontal scales, and the number of supraciliary scales, can distinguish the new species from its close relatives. This description increases the species diversity of the B. heteropa group after a number of decades of stasis in the taxonomy of this group in Amazonia. In addition, we present an updated key to the groups of Bachia, including the species and subspecies of the B. heteropa group.
- Subjects
GUIANA Highlands; SQUAMATA; REPTILE physiology; REPTILE classification; MOLECULAR phylogeny; DISSECTING microscopes
- Publication
Herpetologica, 2016, Vol 72, Issue 2, p148
- ISSN
0018-0831
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-15-00030