Oxyrophus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.15560/16.3.665 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A92E41-FF99-230F-A87E-68CAFB24D486 |
treatment provided by |
Marcus |
scientific name |
Oxyrophus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845) |
status |
|
Oxyrophus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)
Figure 2B
Material examined. ECUADOR, province of Guayas, Playas Canton, Engabao • 1 specimen (sex undeter- mined), 534 mm; human settlements (inside an aban- doned house); 02°36′38″S, 080°26′14″W; 12 m a.s.l; 14 Apr. 2019; Stefania S. Cuadrado, Yelsin A. Loor leg.; UG-R173.
Identification. This species is nocturnal and terrestrial. It has a dark brown coloration with irregular, white or yellow dots. A female is known to measure approximately
714 mm in total length (tail 157 mm) and a male 647 mm in total length (tail 131mm) ( Peters and Orejas-Miranda 1970; Pazmiño-Otamendi 2017).
Only one individual of this species was found, at site B. It was hidden in the abandoned, small house along the roadside at 13:00.
Distribution. Oxyrhopus fitzingeri occurs in southwestern Ecuador and northwestern Peru. It lives in the
tropical and subtropical western zones, between 10–1830 m.a.s.l. In Ecuador, it has been reported from the provinces of Guayas, Loja, El Oro, and Santa Elena (Wallach et al. 2014; Pazmiño-Otamendi 2019).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.