A New Teiid Lizard Genus from Western Ecuador

Resumen

The Santo Domingo de los Colorados region of Pichincha, Ecuador, is one visited by nearly every tourist to the country because of the presence of the famous Colorado Indians. Nevertheless the herpetofauna of this area is very poorly known. Fritts and Smith (1969) described a new colubrid snake from the Rio Baba, 24 km. S Santo Domingo de los Colorados. The present report concerns a new genus and species of teiid lizard from the same area, here named