New distributional records for gonatodes albogularis (squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from eastern Colombia

Abstract

We documented the easternmost records in Colombia of the lizard Gonatodes albogularis, and we hypothesize that these records correspond to introductions, since the specimens have always been collected in anthropogenic habitats. We are not certain that the historical records of the eastern slope of the Cordillera Oriental correspond to accidental introductions (transplanted species) or if they are actually the historical distribution of the species. We consider that G. albogularis is a species that will continue to disperse in the Amazon and Orinoco regions. Population studies should be carried out using molecular tools (haplotypes) in order to elucidate the origin of the cis-Andean populations of this species in the country. We report the second specimen with leucism in Colombia.