New records of four reptile species (Lepidosauria, Squamata) from the province of Guayas, southwestern Ecuador

Abstract

Southernmost record of Rhinobothryum bovallii (Andersson 1916), new country records and notes of distribution range of Anolis lyra (Poe, Velasco, Miyata and Williams 2009), Corallus blombergi (Rendahl and Vestergren 1941) and, Spilotes megalolepis (Linnaeus 1758), are provided from specimens collected in Cerro de Hayas forest, Guayas province, southwestern Ecuador.

Revealing hidden biodiversity: Novel insights on Reptile and Amphibian Distribution in Western Ecuador

“…Several species such as Atractus microrhynchus , Chironius flavopictus , orPristimantis tenebrionis , have not been reported again in the places where they were discovered since their description. Recent studies have provided new perspectives on the distribution of herpetofauna in Ecuador (Guayasamin et al 2007;Jadin et al 2009;Cisneros-Heredia 2006, 2009Passos et al 2012;Ayala-Varela et al 2015;Yánez-Muñoz et al 2016Amador et al 2017aAmador et al , 2017bCruz et al 2017;Torres-Carvajal et al 2017;Carvajal-Endara et al 2019;Reyes-Puig et al 2019;Cruz-García et al 2020, 2023Culebras et al 2020;Parra et al 2020;Brito-Zapata et al 2021;Székely et al 2021;Arteaga et al 2022).…”