Morphology is among the most important traits influencing the interaction of individual
animals with their environments. Fossoriality reflects this functional association between …

Cercosaurine lizards (subfamily Cercosaurinae of the family Gymnophthalmidae) represent
a substantial component of the reptile fauna in the Neotropics. Several attempts have been …

In the last decade, understanding of the Neotropical lizards family Gymnophthalmidae has
changed dramatically with the recognition of several new genera, resolution of non …

Four new species of Pholidobolus lizards are described from poorly explored areas in the
Andes of southern Ecuador based on morphological and genetic evidence. Among other …

Realizamos una revisión sistemática del género Anadia en Ecuador para delimitar especies
basándonos en varias líneas de evidencia: morfología externa, hemipenes, coloración …

Based on morphological features, genetic distances, and phylogenetic relationships, we
report the discovery of two new species of Enyalioides from the montane forest of Cordillera …

We describe a new species of arboreal gymnophtalmid lizard from the eastern Andean
slopes in central Peru. Euspondylus excelsum sp. nov. is assigned tentatively to this genus …

We describe a new species of Macropholidus lizard from the Andean highlands of southern
Ecuador and northern Peru based on recent collections. Among other characters, the new …

On the basis of morphological and molecular evidence, we describe a new species of lizard
of the genus Pholidobolus, previously conflated with P. vertebralis, from a paramo …

 Abstract The systematic study of biodiversity underlies appropriate inference in most other
fields of biological research, yet it remains hampered by disagreements on both theoretical …