A new anoline lizard (Phenacosaurus) from the highland of Cerro de la Neblina, Southern Venezuela
American Museum Novitates
By: C.W. Myers, E.E. Williams, and R.W. McDiarmid
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Abstract
Phenacosaurus neblininus, new species, was discovered during the 1984-1985 expedition to Cerro de la Neblina on the Venezuelan-Brazilian border. It was found at several highland camps (> 1600 m) but seems unaccountably rare, with only six specimens collected. The closest relative of this lizard may be another new species (Williams et al., MS) known from a single specimen from Chimanta Tepui -- some 600 km to the northeast of Neblina. Except for these two Venezuelan tepui species, Phenacosaurus has a strictly Andean distribution, from northwestern Venezuela to Peru.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A new anoline lizard (Phenacosaurus) from the highland of Cerro de la Neblina, Southern Venezuela |
| Series title | American Museum Novitates |
| Volume | No. 3070 |
| Year Published | 1993 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Museum of Natural History |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 15 p. |
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