Petracola guatopilla ECHEVARRÍA, VENEGAS, GARCÍA-AYACHI, GARCÍA-BRAVO & TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2026
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Petracola guatopilla
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| Higher Taxa | Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Not given |
| Synonym | Petracola guatopilla ECHEVARRÍA, VENEGAS, GARCÍA-AYACHI, GARCÍA-BRAVO & TORRES-CARVAJAL 2026 |
| Distribution | Peru (Amazonas, San Martín), elevation 2799 - 3440 m Type locality: Calla Calla (-6.731, -77.894), 3607 m, Amazonas Province, Amazonas department, Peru. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CORBIDI 11052, adult male, collected by P. J. Venegas and L. Y. Echevarría on 24 May 2012. Paratypes (81): CORBIDI 11003, 11004, 11006, 11008 and 11009 (adult females) from Lajasbamba, Chachapoyas Province, Amazonas department, Peru (-6.822, -77.733), 3440 m, collected by P. J. Venegas and L. Y. Echevarría on 17 May 2012; CORBIDI 11046 adult male from Ullilen, Mariscal Cáceres Province, San Martín department, Peru (-6.842, -77.697), 3007 m, collected by P. J. Venegas and L.Y. Echevarría on 18 May 2012; CORBIDI 11010 adult male from Leimebamba, Chachapoyas Province, Amazonas department, Peru (-6.746, -77.786), 2799 m, collected by P. J. Venegas and L. Y. Echevarría on 21 May 2012; CORBIDI 11053–7, 11063, 11084, 11086, 11090–3, 11095, 11096, 11098, 11099 and 11103 adult males, CORBIDI 11058, 11059, 11060, 11061, 11062, 11064, 11065, 11066, 11085, 11088, 11089, 11094, 11097, 11100, 11101 and 11102 adult females, CORBIDI 11087 juvenile, collected with the holotype; CORBIDI 11067–9, 11071, 11072, 11074, 11075, 11106–8, 11112, 11113, 11115 and 11118 adult males, 11070, 11073, 11104, 11105, 11109, 11123, 11124, 11110, 11111, 11114, 11116, 11117 and 11119 adult females, CORBIDI 11120–2, 11125 and 11126 juveniles from Barro Negro, Chachapoyas Province, Amazonas department, Peru (-6.716, -77.864), 3290 m, collected by P. J. Venegas and L. Y. Echevarría on 24 May 2012; CORBIDI 14792 adult male from Atuen, Chachapoyas Province, Amazonas department, Peru (-6.903, -77.786), 3578 m, collected by L. Y. Echevarría on 20 July 2014; CORBIDI 14803 adult male from Quebrada Ulcococha, Chachapoyas Province, Amazonas department, Peru (-6.894, -77.867), 3652 m, collected by L. Y. Echevarría on 25 July 2014; CORBIDI 16615–17 adult males and CORBIDI 16618–20 adult females from Maria, Luya province Amazonas department (-6.335, -78.013), 3434 m, collected by P. J. Venegas on 4 December 2015 |
| Diagnosis | Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Echevarria et al. 2026: Fig. 1, Fig. 4G. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet guatopilla refers to the common name used by local people from the Amazonas department to refer to the lizards of the genus Petracola. |
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