taxonID	type	description	language	source
65E6B0F6A09959C69A978640054063CC.taxon	description	Figs 2, 3, 4	en	Chavez, German, Garcia-Ayachi, Luis A., Catenazzi, Alessandro (2023): A new species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from a remote area in the Peruvian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics 7 (1): 123-132, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118
65E6B0F6A09959C69A978640054063CC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. A medium sized lizard (adult males SVL 28.3 - 49.5 mm, n = 2) characterized by the following combination of morphological features: 1) body slender, dorsoventrally depressed in males, females unknown; 2) head slightly short, pointed, about 1.6 times longer than wide; 3) ear opening distinct, moderately recessed; 4) nasals separated by an undivided frontonasal; 5) prefrontals, frontal, frontoparietals, parietals, interparietal, and postparietals present; 6) parietals polygonal, slightly longer than wide; 7) supraoculars four, anteriormost fused (2 individuals) or not (1 individual) with anteriormost superciliary; 8) superciliary series complete, consisting in four scales; 9) nasal plate divided posterior to nostril; 10) loreal present, in contact with second supralabial; 11) supralabials seven; 12) genials in four pairs, first and second pairs in contact; 13) collar present, containing 9 - 10 enlarged scales; 14) dorsals in 40 - 41 transverse rows, rectangular, nearly twice as long as wide, subimbricate, keeled; 15) ventrals in 24 - 25 transverse rows; square to rectangular, juxtaposed, smooth; 17) scales around midbody 38 - 43; 18) lateral scales at midbody reduced in size, in 8 - 9 rows; 19) limbs pentadactyl, all digits clawed; 20) forelimb reaching anteriorly the third supralabial; 21) subdigital lamellae under Finger IV 14 - 16; 22) subdigital lamellae under Toe IV 19 - 21; 23) femoral pores per thigh 9 - 10 in males; 24) rectangular preanal scales large, four in number; 25) tail about 0.4 times longer than body; 26) caudals larger than wide, subimbricate, rugose dorsally, smooth ventrally; 27) lower palpebral disc transparent, undivided; 28) dorsal surface of head, body and limbs brown with black speckling, dorsal surface of tail pale brown to reddish brown; a thick yellowish brown vertebral stripe on dorsum, a row of 1 - 2 faded black rings on each flank; throat creamy white with minute black spots or blotches within each scale; belly yellow (creamy white in juveniles) with minute black spots within each scale; ventral surfaces of limbs yellow or yellowish orange; anal area saffron yellow or reddish yellow; tail red or reddish orange in males (pale red in juveniles) with fine black speckling; iris pale orange in males.	en	Chavez, German, Garcia-Ayachi, Luis A., Catenazzi, Alessandro (2023): A new species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from a remote area in the Peruvian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics 7 (1): 123-132, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118
65E6B0F6A09959C69A978640054063CC.taxon	description	Description of the holotype. Body slender; legs moderately long, tail complete; head length 24.0 % of SVL, head width 15.7 % of SVL; snout pointed, moderately long, eye-nose distance 29.6 % of HL; neck distinct, collar present; head scales smooth; rostral scale wider than long, slightly higher than adjacent supralabials, in contact with frontonasal, nasals, and first supralabials; frontonasal pentagonal, slightly wider than long; prefrontals present, in wide contact medially; frontal longer than wide, in contact with second and third supraoculars; frontoparietals pentagonal, longer than wide, in contact with third and fourth supraoculars, parietals and interparietal; supraoculars four, not in contact with superciliars; superciliary series complete, consisting of four shields; anteriormost superciliar not fused with anteriormost supraocular, in contact with prefrontal and loreal anteriorly; parietals in contact with frontoparietals, fourth supraocular, dorsalmost postocular, one temporal and two postparietals; interparietal longer than wide, in contact with three postparietals posteriorly; postparietals five; nasal shield divided posterior to nostril, in contact with first and second supralabial; frenocular triangular, in contact with loreal anteriorly, anteriormost superciliar dorsally, second and third (at one point) supralabial ventrally, suboculars posteriorly, on both sides; palpebral disc oval, translucent, undivided; postoculars three; temporals polygonal, supratympanic temporal one; supralabials six, fourth below the centre of eye; infralabials six; mental wider than long, in contact with first infralabials; postmental single, pentagonal, in contact with first and second infralabials; genials in four pairs, first and second pair in contact medially, first pair in contact with second and third infralabials, second pair in contact with third and fourth infralabials, third pair in contact with fourth and fifth infralabials, fourth pair in contact with fifth and sixth infralabials; gulars 14; plates along collar 10; dorsal scales homogenous, rectangular, longer than wide, keeled, in 40 transverse rows; dorsals (enlarged scales) around body at fifth transverse ventral scale row 10, at 10 th transverse ventral scale row 13, at 15 th transverse ventral scale row 15; laterals (smaller than dorsals) at fifth transverse ventral scale row 9 - 10, at 10 th transverse ventral scale row 9 - 8, at 15 th transverse ventral scale row 10 - 10; ventrals squared to rectangular, juxtaposed, in 24 transverse rows; longitudinal rows of ventrals at midbody 10; scales around midbody 43; anterior preanal plate scales two; posterior preanal plate scales four; scales on tail rectangular, subimbricate, slightly keeled dorsally at tail base, smooth and juxtaposed ventrally; subdigital lamellae under Finger IV 15 / 15 (4 / 5 distal lamellae single and smooth, remaining lamellae divided in two subconical segments); subdigital lamellae under Toe IV 22 / 21 (4 / 4 distal lamellae single and smooth, remaining lamellae divided in two subconical segments); femoral pores 9 / 10. Measurements of the holotype (in mm): SVL 49.5; TL 38.5; HL 12.3; HW 7.7; HD 5.4; EN 3.6; FLL 12.0; HLL 19.7; AGD 24.8.	en	Chavez, German, Garcia-Ayachi, Luis A., Catenazzi, Alessandro (2023): A new species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from a remote area in the Peruvian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics 7 (1): 123-132, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118
65E6B0F6A09959C69A978640054063CC.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet " candesi " refers to the acronym CANDES (Consultores Asociados en Naturaleza y Desarrollo) in recognition of their efforts supporting the herpetological research in Peruvian territory.	en	Chavez, German, Garcia-Ayachi, Luis A., Catenazzi, Alessandro (2023): A new species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from a remote area in the Peruvian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics 7 (1): 123-132, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118
65E6B0F6A09959C69A978640054063CC.taxon	distribution	Distribution, natural history, and threat status. This species is known only from the type locality, a montane forest in the upper basin of Chontayacu River at 2,400 m a. s. l. in the western slopes of the eastern Andes of central Peru (Fig. 5). The type locality is a deforested area (Fig. 6 B) at the transition between cattle pastures and patches of montane forest. We found all specimens around 11: 00 a. m. under stones alongside a stream surrounded by grass and small herbs. No other sympatric reptile was found. We noticed a heavy presence of livestock in nearby areas, as well as patches of burnt grassland, which is triggered by farmers to regrow grass plants (Festuca, Stipa spp.) and to open new pasture grounds for cattle. Despite these threats, the paucity of data on the geographic distribution of this species prevents further assessment of its threat status. Therefore, we recommend the Data Deficient category for the IUCN Red List. Future surveys should document the range of the species and assess the importance of potential threats.	en	Chavez, German, Garcia-Ayachi, Luis A., Catenazzi, Alessandro (2023): A new species of Microteiid Lizard (Gymnophthalmidae, Cercosaurini, Selvasaura) from a remote area in the Peruvian Andes. Evolutionary Systematics 7 (1): 123-132, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.99118
