Riama columbiana (ANDERSSON, 1914)

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Higher Taxa	Gymnophthalmidae (Cercosaurinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Colombian Lightbulb Lizard
Synonym	Proctoporus columbianus ANDERSSON 1914 Proctoporus columbianus — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 239 Proctoporus columbianus — PRESCH 1978 Proctoporus columbianus — DOAN & SCHARGEL 2003 Riama columbiana — DOAN & CASTOE 2005 Riama columbiana — DUARTE-MARIN et al. 2018
Distribution	Colombia (Valle del Cauca, Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío, probably Antioquia; western slopes of Cordillera Central, elevation 2100-2640 m); elevation 2300–3000 m Type locality: “Colombia”, probably in Municipio de Sonsón, Departamento de Antioquia according to SANCHEZ-PANCHECO 2010.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: NRM (NHRM) 1631, an adult male collected approximately 1825-1832 by Pedro Nisser.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis – Riama columbiana possesses the following characteristics: (1) frontonasal distinctly longer to distinctly shorter than frontal (in adults usually shorter than frontal); (2) prefrontal scales absent; (3) nasoloreal suture usually complete (= loreal pres- ent), rarely incomplete; (4) supraoculars four, 2, 2+3, 2+4, or 2+3+4 in contact with ciliaries (one specimen has only the fourth in contact with ciliaries on the right side); (5) superciliary series incomplete (1, 2, 4, 1+1, 1+2, 2+1, 2+2, 3+1 or 3+2); (6) supralabial-subocular fusion absent; (7) postoculars usually three, rarely two; (8) postparietals 2-4, usually three; (9) supratympanic temporals three; (10) genials two or three, usually three; (11) dorsal scales rectangular, juxtaposed, with a low, rounded keel (smooth on the neck); (12) longitudinal dorsal scale rows in males 25-32, in females 23-33; (13) transverse dorsal scale rows in males 42-46, in females 41-49; (14) ventral scales smooth, in 22-23 transverse scale rows; (15) lat- eral scale rows 3-5, usually three; (16) femoral pores per hind limb in males 10 (the lectotype has nine on the left hind limb), in females 0-2, usually zero; scales between femoral pores in males 5-6, in females 4-6; (17) subdigital scales on Toe I 4-6; (18) limbs not overlapping when adpressed against body in adults; (19) anterior cloacal plate scales two and posterior five; (20) dorsum brown; dorsolateral stripes absent; lateral ocelli present in males, usually absent in fe- males; ventral scales with dark, centrally positioned, linearly arranged spots. Additional details (2538 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: Not listed for Ecuador by TORRES-CARVAJAL 2001. Peters (1967) and Peters & Donoso-Barros (1970) mistakenly reported R. columbiana in Ecuador, due to a misunderstanding on Uzzell's (1958).
Etymology	Named after its occurrence in Colombia.
References	Andersson, L.G. 1914. A new Telmatobius and new teiid lizards from South America. Arkiv för Zoologi 9 (3): 1-12 - get paper here Castro-Herrera, F. & Vargas-Salinas, F. 2008. Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277 - get paper here Doan, T. M. & Castoe, T.A. 2005. Phylogenetic taxonomy of the Cercosaurini (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae), with new genera for species of Neusticurus and Proctoporus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143: 405–416. - get paper here Doan, T.M. 2003. A south-to-north biogeographic hypothesis for Andean speciation: evidence from the lizard genus Proctoporus (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae). Journal of Biogeography 30: 361–374 - get paper here Doan, T.M. & Schargel, W.E. 2003. Bridging the gap in Proctoporus distribution: a new species (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) from the Andes of Venezuela. Herpetologica 59 (1): 68-75 - get paper here Duarte-Marín, Sebastián; Michelle A. Atehortua-Vallejo, Luisa F. Arcila-Perez. 2018. Riama columbiana (Andersson, 1914). Lagarto bombilla colombiano. Catálogo de Anfibios y Reptiles de Colombia, 4(2): 56-60 - get paper here Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here Presch, W. 1978. Descriptions of the Hemipenial Morphology in Eight Species of Microteiid Lizards (Family Teiidae, Subfamily Gymnophthalminae) Herpetologica 34 (1): 108-112. - get paper here Rojas-Morales, Julián Andrés, Héctor Fabio Arias-Monsalve y Gustavo A. González-Durán 2014. Anibios y reptiles de la región centro-sur del departamento de Caldas, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 15 (1): 73-93 - get paper here Sanabria, D. E. E., Infante, I. C. P., & Salazar, P. P. 2024. Interspecific communal oviposition by a Colombian Lightbulb Lizard (Riama columbiana) and Eyelash Lizards (Lepidoblepharis duolepis) in Colombia. Reptiles & Amphibians, 31(1), e21504-e21504 - get paper here Sánchez-Pacheco, Santiago J.; David A. Kizirian, and Pedro M. Sales-Nunes 2011. A New Species of Riama from Ecuador Previously Referred to as Riama hyposticta (Boulenger, 1902) (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum Novitates (3719): 1-15 - get paper here Sanchez-Pacheco. Santiago J. 2010. Lectotype designation and redescription of the Gymnophthalmid Lizard Riama columbiana (Andersson, 1914) with notes on the type locality. Papeis Avulsos de Zool. 50 (2): 31-41 - get paper here Valencia-Zuleta A, Jaramillo-Martínez AF, Echeverry-Bocanegra A, Viáfara-Vega R, Hernández-Córdoba O, Cardona-Botero VE, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga J, Castro-Herrera F. 2014. Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2): 1–18 (e87) - get paper here
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