Animalz

Pholidobolus

  • Condor cuilanes Pholidobolus condor

    In the adult male described, the ear opening is a vertical oval, with no tooth-like projections along its edge. The adult male described had a fold of skin along each side of the body between the front and back legs. The scales on the underside of the back legs of the adult male described were smooth. On 11 July 2017 at 21:14, one adult male was found active at the base of a bromeliad on a sandstone plateau with shrubs. It is recorded from El Quimi Biological Reserve and its nearby buffer zone in the Cordillera del Cóndor of southeastern Ecuador.

  • Long-necked cuilanes Pholidobolus dolichoderes

    In the adult male described, the ear opening is a vertical oval, with no tooth-like projections along its edge. The adult male described had a faint fold of skin along each side of the body between the front and back legs. The scales on the underside of the back legs of the adult male described were smooth. On 16 March 2018, most specimens were found active between 10:26 and 15:30, mainly on the ground or near spiny bromeliads growing on the ground. It is recorded from San Felipe de Oña in southwestern Azuay Province.

  • Haunted cuilanes Pholidobolus fascinatus

    In the adult male described, the ear opening is a vertical oval, with no tooth-like projections along its edge. The adult male described had a fold of skin along each side of the body between the front and back legs. The scales on the underside of the back legs of the adult male described were smooth. It lives in wet high-elevation grassland on the western slopes of the Andes in southern Ecuador. Near Lake Chillacocha, individuals have been found active mainly under stones from 14:00 to 17:00. It is recorded around Lake Chillacocha, in wet high-elevation grassland on the western slopes of the southern Ecuadorian Andes.

  • Green-striped cuilanes Pholidobolus samek

    In the adult male described, the ear opening is a vertical oval, with no tooth-like projections along its edge. The adult male described had a fold of skin along each side of the body between the front and back legs. The scales on the underside of the back legs of the adult male described were smooth. It lives in cloud forests in the Cordillera del Cóndor in southeastern Ecuador. At the sandstone plateau locality, mosses, roots, and bromeliad plants cover the ground. Individuals have been found active from 11:30 to 17:00 under stones or bromeliads growing on the ground. It is recorded from sandstone plateaus in cloud forest in the Cordillera del Cóndor.