Bachia scaea Teixeira, Vechio, Nunes, Neto, Lobo, Storti, Gaiga, Dias & Rodrigues, 2013

Ribeiro-Júnior, Marco A. & Amaral, Silvana, 2017, Catalogue of distribution of lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Brazilian Amazonia. IV. Alopoglossidae, Gymnophthalmidae, Zootaxa 4269 (2), pp. 151-196 : 161

Bachia scaea Teixeira, Vechio, Nunes, Neto, Lobo, Storti, Gaiga, Dias & Rodrigues, 2013

Type-locality. Left bank of the Madeira River , Porto Velho municipality, state of Rondônia, Brazil.

Pertinent taxonomic reference. Teixeira et al. (2013b), Colli et al. (2015), Goicoechea et al. (2016), Ribeiro- Júnior et al. (2016).

Taxonomic remarks. Teixeira et al. (2013b) described Bachia scaea from the state of Rondônia, in Brazil, based on the absence of clawed fingers, and supralabials and parietals separated by the first temporal. However, these characters were also observed by us in some specimens of Bachia peruana and B. dorbignyi as well. For this reason we cited here B. scaea based only on type-specimens records available in Teixeira et al. (2013b), considering that more studies are necessary to confirm the validity of this species.

Distribution and habitat. Bachia scaea is endemic to southern Amazonia , where it is only known from the left bank of the Madeira River in Porto Velho, state of Rondônia, Brazil ( Fig. 3 ). It is semi-fossorial and diurnal, inhabits varzea forests (seasonally flooded forest by white-water rivers, such as the Madeira River) with dense leaf litter, where it is found among the leaf litter and under rotten trunks and fallen logs (Teixeira et al. 2013b).

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FIGURE 3. Distribution of examined material of Amapasaurus tetradactylus, B. panoplia, B. peruana, B. pyburni, B. remota, B. scolecoides, and B. trisanale. Records of Bachia didactyla and B. scaea were obtained from the literature.