New Records of the Colombian Clawed Gecko Pseudogonatodes Furvus (Ruthven 1915) (Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Colombia
Total Page：16
File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb
Herpetology Notes, volume 7: 609-610 (2014) (published online on 25 October 2014) New records of the Colombian Clawed Gecko Pseudogonatodes furvus (Ruthven 1915) (Sauria: Sphaerodactylidae) in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia Luis Alberto Rueda-Solano1*, Andrés Rocha-Usuga1, Jorge Eguis-Avendaño1 and Fernando Vargas- Salinas2 Pseudogonatodes furvus (Ruthven 1915) is a DATUM= WGS84, Fig. 1). There, we recorded two sphaerodactylid lizard, whose type locality is San individuals of Pseudogonatodes furvus (Table 1) in a Lorenzo, at 1,500 m elevation, and is endemic to the premontane forest remnant at 1,400 m elevation (Fig. Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a mountain range in 2). One individual was a juvenile (total body length = northern Colombia (Fig. 1). The genus was described 30 mm) was in the wet litter; another one was a female based on this species and presently contains other six (total body length= 45 mm) found under a fallen trunk little-know species distributed from Colombia to Perú adjacent to a stream. Both individuals were collected (Huey and Dixon, 1970; Avila-Pires and Hoogmoed, and deposited in the Herpetological collection of the 2000; Uetz and Hošek, 2014). The morphological Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia diagnostic features of P. furvus (Ruthven 1915, Fig. (CBUMAG-REP 0031-0032). The last published 2) are: elongate and little depressed body with two records of P. furvus were in the town San Pedro on longitudinal vertebral folds, and tubercular dorsal the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (15 km in direction scales; head long and narrow, almost twice longer than wide; the snout tip is pointed, ear opening very small, and rostral scale large with a slit in the dorsal surface (Ruthven 1915). Lizards of this species are brown, with a violet tonality under light; sides with small, round and gray spots in two rows from head to the groin. On the back, individuals exhibit two rows of pale spots; on the tail, they exhibit two broken dark olive lines. The belly is dark olive and the pelvic region is darker with irregular stinks; the ventral area of the tail is dark (Ruthven 1915) Between 1 – 3 November of 2013, a field expedition was conducted to the small town of Palmor, Ciénaga, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, department of Magdalena, Colombia (Latitude 10.760833, Longitude -73.988889; 1 Grupo de Ecología Tropical (GIEN), Facultad de Ciencias Figure 1. Geographical position of the Sierra Nevada of Básicas –Universidad del Magdalena, Santa Marta, Santa Marta, North of Colombia. The red dots indicate the Colombia. type locality of Pseudogonatodes furvus, San Lorenzo (year 2 Programa de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y 1915); the locality of last record, San Pedro de la Sierra (year Tecnologías, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia. Colombia. 1980), and the locality of the new record, town of Palmor (year * Corresponding author: [email protected] 2013). 610 Luis Alberto Rueda-Solano et al. Table 1. Morphometric characters of two individuals of Pseudogonatodes furvus registered in town of Palmor, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. All measures in mm. Body Tail Body Body Head Head Humerus Arm Femur Tarsal length length height width length width length length length length Juvenile 30 - 4 5 10 5 3 5 3 6 Female 45 30 6 10 11 6 4 7 5 10 south from our record), collected in 1980 (ICN053495 Acknowledgments. Our records were under the project and 053499; see http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co). Zonificación de la Reserva Forestal Sierra Nevada de Santa Hence, our records are the first ones after more than 30 Marta. We would like to thank the Universidad del Magdalena for permits and logistic support and S. C. Guevara-Molina for years. This is particularly important given its restricted manuscript revision. Thanks to J. Vanegas-Guerrero for ArcGis distributional range and the high rate of conversion of advice and helping with the figure of the map. forest into agrosystems in the region. References Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Hoogmoed, M.S. (2000): On two new species of Pseudogonatodes Ruthven, 1915 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae), with remarks on the distribution of some other sphaerodactyl lizards. Zoologische Verhandelingen 73: 209- 223. Huey, R.B., Dixon, J.R. (1970): A new Pseudogonatodes from Peru with remarks on other species of the genus. Copeia 1970: 358-542. Ruthven, A.G. (1915): Description of a new genus and species of lizard of the family Gekkonidæ. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 19: 1-3. Uetz, P., Hošek, J. (2014): The Reptile Database, http://www. reptile-database.org. Last accessed on May 6, 2014. Figure 2. An adult female lizard of Pseudogonatodes furvus and its humid forest habitat in town of Palmor, Sierra Nevada Accepted by Diogo Provete; of Santa Marta, Colombia. Photos by Luis Alberto Rueda- Managing Editor: Diogo Provete Solano..