Researchers in Peru have found and described two new species of wooden lizard of the genus Enyalioides. The lizards had been discovered within the Cordillera de Colán mountain vary and the Río Marañón and Río Chiriaco basins in Peru.
Enyalioides dickinsoni was named after heavy steel band Iron Maiden’s lead singer, Paul Bruce Dickinson. The lizard was discovered within the Cordillera de Colán mountain vary 460 miles north of Lima, Peru. Three localities are identified to be house to this lizard species. its habitat consists of espresso crops, cacao and citrus, in addition to cow pastures. and mountainous forests at elevations from 4,600 to five,600 ft (1,405-1,717 m).
Two grownup male specimens of Enyalioides dickinsoni sp. n.: (A-C) holotype CORBIDI 21351, SVL = 113 mm; (D-F) CORBIDI 21703, SVL = 92 mm (picture Axel Marchelie).
They’ll develop to about 11 inches in size with our bodies coated in spiky scales with a spiked crest operating down the again of each male and females. Their coloration varies from greenish with yellowish spots, each pronounced and delicate, and white throats. The coloration of females fluctuate from darkish brown to pale greenish. Some have black bands on the tail whereas others seem to lack any banding. The bellies are white to yellowish in coloration. The Dickinson’s lizard has a snout to vent size of 92mm to 113mm.
Feminine specimens of Enyalioides dickinsoni sp. n.: (A-C) grownup feminine CORBIDI 21711, SVL = 87 mm; (D-F) juvenile feminine CORBIDI 21710, SVL = 83 mm (picture Axel Marchelie).
Enyalioides cyanocephalus has a inexperienced dorsal background in males. Females are brown. Males have an orange patch on the throat area. It happens in the identical localities as E. anisolepsis, on the Amazon slope of the Andes mountains in Southern Ecuador and northern Peru. It’s identified to happen in 4 localities with two within the Río Marañón basin and two within the Río Chiriaco basin.
Feminine specimens of Enyalioides cyanocephalus sp. nov.: (A-B) grownup feminine CORBIDI 20737, SVL = 112 mm; (C-E) grownup feminine CORBIDI 22498, SVL = 102 mm; (F-G) juvenile feminine CORBIDI 22495, SVL = 46 mm; (H-I) grownup feminine CORBIDI 20726, SVL = 102 mm; and (J-L) juvenile feminine CORBIDI 22496, SVL = 44 mm (picture Axel Marchelie)
It inhabits montane forests with cropland and cattle pastures. They had been discovered sleeping at evening 0.2 to 1.8 meters above the bottom. They had been sleeping on stems of bushes and crops, the examine authors wrote.
Male specimens of Enyalioides cyanocephalus sp. nov.: (A-C) grownup male holotype CORBIDI 20781, SVL = 121 mm; (D) grownup male CORBIDI 22501, SVL = 106 mm; (E-G) grownup male CORBIDI 22499, SVL = 114 mm; (H-I) grownup male CORBIDI 22500, SVL = 100 mm; and (J-L) juvenile male CORBIDI 22497, SVL = 65 mm (picture Axel Marchelie).
Enyalioides cyanocephalus differs from E. anisolepsis in that it has totally different scalation on the neck, physique and crest. The holotype has a snout to vent size of 110mm with a complete size of 112mm. It differs in coloration in that it has a turquoise head with “scattered black scales dorsally,” on the forelimbs and hindlimbs, a whitish neck with a greenish hue a pale inexperienced crest grayish white throat. The ventral floor is whitish with a grimy cream coloration to the tip of the tail.
Colourful Species Of Wooden Lizard Found In Peru
The entire paper, “Two new species of wooden lizards (Hoplocercinae: Enyalioides) from Cordillera de Colán in north-eastern Peru” may be learn on the Journal of Vertebrate Biology web site.
