An adult male Isthmian Alligator Lizard, Coloptychon rhombifer, from Cerro San Juan de Rincón, Cantón de Osa, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica, elev. 500 m. For a century, this enigmatic anguid lizard was known from only three specimens. Although more individuals have been found, the lizard is largely a mystery. Its habits in the wild, diet, reproductive behavior, and osteology remain unknown. When ' approached closely, Coloptychon is prone to bite defensively. © César L. Barrio-Amorós 8877 www.mesoamericanherpetology.com www.eaglemountainpublishing.com The gerrhonotine genus Coloptychon (Sauria: Anguidae) William W. lamar1, César l. Barrio-amorós2, Quetzal DWyer3, Juan G. aBarCa4, anD roel De PleCker3 1Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Tyler, 3900 University Blvd., Tyler, Texas 75799, United States. E-mail: [email protected] (Corresponding author) 2Doc Frog Expeditions. E-mail: [email protected] 3Parque Reptilandia, Platanillo de Barú, San José, Costa Rica. E-mail: [email protected] 4Centro de Investigación en Estructuras Microscópicas. Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. E-mail: [email protected] aBstraCt: We discuss the provenance, history, and literature pertaining to the poorly known lizard Coloptychon rhombifer (Anguidae: gerrhonotinae). We include English translations of both the original description of this species by Peters (1876) and the first extensive re-description by Bocourt (1878) from the German and French, respectively. We report on six recently discovered individuals, increasing the total number known to 13. We also discuss habitat and distribution, ontogenetic variation in color and pattern, and provide pertinent observations of captive behavior. Key Words: Coloptychon rhombifer, Chiriquí, Costa Rica, gerrhonotinae, Gerrhonotus, Panama resumen: Discutimos el origen, historia y literatura perteneciente sobre la poco conocida lagartija Coloptychon rhombifer (Anguidae: gerrhonotinae). Incluimos traducciones en inglés de la descripción original de dicha especie por Peters (1876) y de la primera re-descripción exhaustiva por Bocourt (1878) en idioma Alemán y Francés, respetivamente. Ofrecemos datos sobre seis individuos recientemente descubiertos, aumentando el número total de ejemplares conocidos hasta 13. También discutimos hábitat y distribución, variación ontogenética de color y patrón, y proveemos observaciones pertinentes sobre comportamiento en cautiverio. Palabras Claves: Coloptychon rhombifer, Chiriquí, Costa Rica, gerrhonotinae, Gerrhonotus, Panama Citation: Lamar, W. W., C. L. Barrio-Amorós, Q. Dwyer, J. G. Abarca, and R. De Plecker. 2015. The gerrhonotine genus Coloptychon (Sauria: Anguidae). Mesoamerican Herpetology 2: 88–104. Copyright: Lamar et al., 2015. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. Received: 26 November 2014; Accepted: 15 March 2015; Published: 23 March 2015. INTRODUCTION In an analysis of generic relationships among the Recent Anguidae, Tihen (1949) coined the term “gerrhono- tine lizards” for members of this family with four well-developed limbs and the presence of a lateral fold. They Mesoamerican Herpetology 88 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1 Lamar et al. The genus Coloptychon also share an hourglass-shaped frontal bone, and a relatively elongate temporal bone. Gerrhonotines (sensu lato) commonly are called “alligator lizards,” and they comprise six genera and over 50 species ranging from the Pacific Northwest region of North America south to western Panama. Some of these species are Critically Endangered (www.iucnredlist.org), and some rank among the most beautifully colored of lizards (Campbell and Frost, 1993; Savage, 2002; Lamar, 2004; Campbell et al., In Press). The southernmost gerrhonotine comprises the monotypic ge- nus Coloptychon. The Isthmian Alligator Lizard, Coloptychon rhombifer, until recently was one of the least known and most enigmatic reptiles in the world (cover illustration). For 94 years it was known from a single specimen of uncertain (apparently Panamanian) origin. From 1970 until 2013 only three additional specimens were reported. The herpetological specimen catalog in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (ZMB) contains data for a lizard holotype (Fig. 1), as follows: “8655, Gerrhonotus rhombifer Ptrs.*, Chiriqui, g. Möschler.” The catalog entry was made by Wilhelm C. H. Peters, at that time serving as the Director of the Zoologisches Museum (as it was then called). Peters, a consummate zoologist, also was the greatest German her- petologist of the 19th century and his collections, along with those of H. C. M. Lichtenstein, comprise the most im- portant part of the museum’s reptile and amphibian holdings. Through the courtesy of Frank Tillack (pers. comm.), we have learned more about the background of the holotype of Gerrhonotus rhombifer. Fig. 1. The herpetological specimen catalog in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin showing Peters’ entry for a “Gerrhonotus” from “Chiriqui.” Courtesy of Frank Tillack. The catalog information indicates the specimen was purchased from a person with the surname Möschler. The museum’s Department of Historical Research contains a large folder with over 400 pages of correspondence sent by Heinrich Ferdinand Möschler and his son Heinrich Benno Möschler from the years 1854 to 1890. Both of these men provided zoological specimens to the museum. Heinrich Benno Möschler (1831–1888) resided in Kronförstchen near Bautzen, Saxonia, Germany. He was a merchant, entomologist, and dealer of zoological objects (F. Tillack, pers. comm.). On 14 November 1875, H. B. Möschler sent Peters a letter (Fig. 2A) and shipment of amphibians and reptiles. Through the courtesy of Gunther Köhler of the Senckenberg Museum the translation of the letter from Kurrent (old German script) is as follows: Dear Professor, Attached I send you some snakes and lizards from Central America – Chiriqui. Maybe some of these are of use for you. Please put names on those specimens that you send back. And allow the question how high a price I shall put on Dryophylax Olfersii, Oxyropus multifasciatus, Botrops [sic] lanceolatus and Xenodon rhabdocephalus, since I believe you already have these species, I have not sent these along. However, they are available if needed. Best wishes Mesoamerican Herpetology 89 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1 Lamar et al. The genus Coloptychon A list of the specimens included, which was compiled by Peters and written on the reverse of Möschler’s letter (Fig. 2B), mentions “3. Gerrhonotus.” Peters had numbered the items contained, so item 3 would appear to be the first reference to what he would subsequently describe as Gerrhonotus rhombifer. Inasmuch as there were no other letters mentioning herpetological material from “Chiriqui,” it seems likely that the type of G. rhombifer was the lizard in this shipment. Möschler’s collecting activities apparently were confined to Germany, and he received his extralimital material from other persons. A B Fig. 2. (A) Letter from H. B. Möschler to Wilhelm Peters which accompanied some specimens from Chiriquí, including the holotype of Gerrhonotus rhombifer. (B) Wilhelm Peters’ notes and provisional identifications written on the back of Möschler’s letter. Courtesy of Frank Tillack. Möschler made no mention of a collector in his letter accompanying the “Chiriqui” material, but his other cor- respondence with the museum indicates he often obtained specimens from missionaries. Because no other locality data exist, it is assumed that “Chiriqui” refers to modern-day Chiriquí Province, in Panama (but see discussion of Bocourt’s comment below). Subsequently, the species has not been reported from Panama. Importantly, the other specimens in the shipment are varieties found in Chiriquí, such as Enulius, Imantodes, Stenorrhina, and Xenodon. One of the specimens is Elaps (Micrurus) alleni, a snake with a Pacific versant distribution in Panama that is re- stricted to mesic forest in southwest Chiriquí (Campbell and Lamar, 2004). Based on additional Costa Rican mate- rial, this also would be the most likely place in Chiriquí for Peters’ holotype to have been collected. Mesoamerican Herpetology 90 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1 Lamar et al. The genus Coloptychon Peters (1876) described Gerrhonotus rhombifer on the basis of a single specimen BM (= ZMB) 8655 from “Chiriqui.” His description, translated from German, is as follows: 2. Gerrhonotus rhombifer n. sp. A species that is readily characterized its long flattened head, the flattened body, the long tail, and the thin, smooth scales. Upper body scales in 16 to 18, ventral scales in ten longitudinal rows, separated from each other only by a very narrow lateral furrow. Three nasorostrals, the medium one rhombiform; behind this, two supranasals, in contact with each other, then a single, anteriorly convex internasal, then two prefrontals, the elongate, hexagonal, at its sides convex frontal, separated from the frontoparietals by the hexagonal interparietal, and behind the parietals a row of rather scale-like occipitals. The long nasal is perforated by the nostril on its poste- rior end and contacts with its lower angles the first and fourth supralabial, so that it contacts four supra- labials. Behind the nasal first two vertically arranged nasofrenals, then two vertically arranged frenals of first and a large frenal of second row. Four supraorbitals, five supraciliaries except for a second row of smaller, three infraorbitals. Fourteen supralabials, of which the 9th through 11th are below the eye; 11 to 12 low infralabials. Four preanal scales. The upper side of the head broad, irregularly rhomboidal transverse bands, separated from each other by narrow black interspaces and developing into complete rings of yellow color on tail. A black transverse band, descending from the frenal, fuses with that of the other side below the chin, a second one connects the same way from below both eyes by meeting the one of the other side in the middle of the lower chin, a third one descends from the angle of the jaw and hits the one from the other side at the posterior end of the lower chin, two to three additional, more irregular ones of the anterior neck and chest, converging in the shape of a V, start at the sides of the neck. In front of the eyes begins a black band that meets the one of the other side in a large ark behind the occiput. On the lower parts of the body sides transverse yellow blotches. Venter predominantly black. Limbs predominantly black with yellow, serrated transverse lines and blotches. Total length 0.150 [mm]; head 0.012 [mm]; tail 0.100 [mm]; forelimbs 0.011[mm]; hind limbs 0.014 [mm]. A specimen from Chiriqui (No. 8655 M.B. [= ZMB 8655]). Among the known species, this species is closest to Gerrhonotus fasciatus and G. Deppei Wiegmann, of which Gray formed a special genus Abronia by splitting the genus Gerrhonotus of Wiegmann into four genera, based only on external characters, an action that may not be justified in view of the transitions the species show in their external appearance. 19TH CENTURY HISTORY OF GERRHONOTUS RHOMBIFER Cope (1877) briefly discussed gerrhonotid generic characteristics and mentioned G. rhombifer. Bocourt (1878) provided excellent drawings of the holotype (Fig. 3, A–B), which he examined closely. His report, in French, is translated as follows: 4. Gerrhonotus (aBronia) rhomBifer1, Peters (Pl.XXI B, fig.4, 4a [see Fig. 3A, B]) Characteristics: Head flat and elongated. Nasal scale separated from rostral scale. Anterior edge of the ear drum edged with small conical scales and spicules (see Pl.XXI B fig 4a [see Fig. 3B]). Eight supranasal scales on the region between rostral and prefrontals. No supranasals. Eyes relatively large. Smooth dorsal crests, barely smaller than the abdominal plates. Shallow lateral fold. Rather long tail. Mesoamerican Herpetology 91 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1 Lamar et al. The genus Coloptychon Trunk decorated with brown transverse bands which are separated from each other by yellowish white rhombic spaces. Description: Head long, depressed and covered with smooth plates; its length, from the tip of the snout to the middle of the ear opening does not quite equal a quarter of the space between the chin and the anus. The snout is elongated, covered with eight supra- nasal scales between the rostral and prefrontal scales; the three first are in contact with the rostral scale; next two, placed at the level of the nasal plate, form the second row; the sixth and seventh, a little bit less small, form the third row; at last the eighth, much larger and hexagonal, is in contact with the previous two, with each side in contact with the upper loreal Fig. 3. (A) Dorsal cephalic scutes and (B) lateral cephalic scutes in and posteriorly with the prefrontal plates; these Coloptychon rhombifer. Figure adapted from Bocourt (1878). ones, similar in their dimensions to the previ- ous scales, offer five edges; the frontal, very elongated, is of the same shape of the scales that we just described; the interparietal, almost as long as the frontal, is in contact forward with the latter and the two frontoparietals, to the right and to the left with the parietals, and posteriorly with two occipitals much larger than those that cover the neck; the suborbital areas are each protected by nine plates; the five largest delimit the inner-outline, the four other, much smaller, cover the opposite side, which is bordered with a series of superciliary scales (see Pl.XXI B fig 4a [see Fig. 3A]). The opening of the circular nostril pierced in the center of the nasal scale, which is related with a scale of the supranasal region of the first row, superiorly with the scales of two series, below with the second and third supra- labial, and back with two postnasals; the upper one, exceedingly small, then we see two superimposed loreals; lower, larger and directed backwards, is based on a part of the fifth and the sixth supralabials; its scales are followed by two postloreals also superimposed; the upper offers five unequal sides, and its inferior angle is not in contact with supralabials; the other, placed more in the back, offers the form of a trapeze and are supported by the sixth and seventh supralabial; the preocular, very small, is followed by subrectangular scales of similar sizes forming a nearly complete, half circular suborbital row (see Pl.XXI B fig 4a [see Fig. 3B]). We count fourteen small supralabials and eleven to twelve infralabials; behind the mental, there is a small divided scale, followed to the right and to the left by four big sub- mandible plates which are separated from the infralabials by a longitudinal row of scales. Triangular ear opening, bordered in front by three small translucent tubercles. Shallow lateral fold, begins in front of the arm and finishes at the opening of the cloaca. Smooth or slightly swollen dorsal patches and constituting sixteen to eighteen longitudinal series, while abdominal strips [rows], a little smaller, do make ten in the same direction, to the mid part of the trunk; the last row of the anal area is composed of only four scales. Total length of holotype 0”’, 145 [mm] Length of the head from snout until the middle of the ear 0 013 [mm] Width of the head at the level of the temporal region 0 007 [mm] Length of the body from chin to vent 0 049 [mm] Length of the tail 0 096 [mm] Length of the arm until the extremity of the middle finger 0 011 [mm] Length of the leg until the extremity of the longest finger 0 013 [mm] Mesoamerican Herpetology 92 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1 Lamar et al. The genus Coloptychon Coloration: The top of the head is yellowish white, surrounded with black from the front part of the eye until the occiput; this color extends widely on the temporal region, then down the throat forming a cross-shaped chevron band; in front of it, we see others, one originating below the eye, the other at the sixth supralabial scale (see Pl.XXI B fig 4a [see Fig. 3B]). The upper portions of the neck and snout are adorned with eight irregular patches of rhombic shape, tinted, like the top of the head, yellowish white, separated from each other by a narrow space of a dark brown, which ends in the lower regions of the neck and chest with narrow lines directed from front to back. The belly is blackish, laterally marked with small yellowish spots. On the tail we count seventeen rings of this latest color, divided by brown spaces: some of these rings placed at the base have a rhombic form like those above the trunk. This beautiful small species, with its long and depressed head, and remarkable by its yellow rhombic spots that adorn the superior areas of the body, is also recognizable by its front and interpari- etal plates well developed length-wise as well located plates on the top and sides of the muzzle, on the contrary, are small and therefore more numerous than in other known species. It is also to be noted that we see in front of the ear opening small tubercular scales (see Pl.XXI B fig 4a [see Fig. 3B]) that are close to the two following species: Gerrhonotus vasconcelosii and Gerrhonotus auritus (see Pl.XXI A, fig.7a et 8a). The holotype of Gerrhonotus rhombifer that Professor W. Peters kindly presented us originates from Chiriqui (Veragua province). This species is not present in the herpetological collection of the Museum. We cannot account for the discrepancy between Peters’ and Bocourt’s measurements of total length of the holotype; specimen shrinkage in preservative is a possibility. Bocourt’s mention of “Veragua Province” is puzzling. The Province of Veraguas, which name is derived either from that of an indigenous chieftain (“Verahua”) or from the possibility of seeing both the Atlantic and the Pacific from a point in the uplands (“ver aguas” or, see the waters) (Bollaert, 1863), was the name applied to several territorial entities beginning with the Spanish colonial occupation of Central America and at one point including what presently comprises the Provincia de Chiriquí in Panama. The province was established while Panama was still part of Colombia and some 50 years prior to Bocourt’s publica- tion, but his inclusion of “Veragua” is unsupported by any further documentation and would seem to represent a lapsus. Chiriquí (a Guaymi Indian name meaning “Valley of the Moon”) is Panama’s westernmost province, and it borders the portion of Costa Rica from which all subsequent specimens of Peters’ anguid have been discovered. The Provincia de Veraguas lies to the east of Chiriquí. Boulenger (1885) and Günther (1885) included descriptive infor- mation on the specimen, and Günther, evidently repeating what Bocourt previously had published, also mentioned “Veragua” as part of the locality. Cope (1887) did the same thing. 20TH CENTURY HISTORY OF COLOPTYCHON (GERRHONOTUS) RHOMBIFER Pointing out differences between Gerrhonotus rhombifer and members of Abronia and the Gerrhonotus-Elgaria- Barisia complex, and indicating that, “there is no possibility of assigning rhombifer to any of the other genera of Gerrhonotinae,” Tihen (1949) erected the genus Coloptychon to accommodate this species (but see Pyron et al., 2013 for a different view). Moreover, he considered Coloptychon the most primitive of all the living gerrhonotinae. His diagnostic characters for the genus and the species were the same, as follows: (1) a weakly developed lateral fold; (2) sides of the neck nearly angular; (3) 10 or more scales across the nape; (4) anterior internasals present; (5) two azygous postrostrals; (6) the circumorbital series not differentiated into a preocular, subocular, and postocular; and (7) 10 ventral scale rows. Tihen (1949) postulated a Cenozoic origin for gerrhonotine ancestral stock, with the northern Mexican Plateau as the likely dispersal center (but see Good, 1988, and Macey et al., 1999 for more detailed hypotheses). He envi- sioned an early and rapid modification and spread of the group and wrote, “The only place where a form closely Mesoamerican Herpetology 93 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1 Lamar et al. The genus Coloptychon resembling the original primitive stock has managed to survive is at the extreme southern periphery of the range— Panama; Coloptychon represents a slightly modified remnant of this group…Also, the inundation of southern Nicaragua during the Upper Eocene must have effectively isolated the Coloptychon prototype from the more cen- trally located members of the group.” Stebbins (1958) recognized the distinctiveness of Coloptychon, but, like Tihen, did not examine the holotype. Wermuth (1969) synonymized Coloptychon with Gerrhonotus without comment. Waddick and Smith (1974) rejected this move and supported Tihen’s conclusions, and also cited the presence of two postrostrals as unique to Coloptychon. The discovery of a second specimen, in 1970 (Colección de Herpetología, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica [UCR] 3143), and a third in 1976 (UCR 6971) from Costa Rica, barely made a ripple in the scientific community. Roy McDiarmid, in an unpublished 1975 pre- sentation (Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, conference) discussed UCR 3143 (R. McDiarmid, pers. comm.); and Coloptychon was cited without further comment as occurring in the southwest portion of the country by Savage (1973, 1976, 1980). Savage and Villa R. (1986) also cited it, without comment, for southwestern Costa Rica. McDiarmid and Good (1987) compared the three known specimens and stated that their analysis of character states of scalation supported recognition of the genus Coloptychon and suggested that C. rhombifer is the sister taxon to a clade containing all other gerrhonotine lizards. In an examination of phylogenetic relationships among gerrhonotine lizards, Good (1988: p. 66) listed a series of derived features for this group of lizards to diagnose Coloptychon, stating that, “the presence of two postrostrals and five pairs of large chin shields are [sic] restricted to Coloptychon” and all other characters “are shared through homoplasy with other gerrhonotines.” Nonetheless, Good (1988) also indicated that Coloptychon lacks a number of derived features found in all other gerrhonotine gen- era, and that certain derived aspects of coloration, primarily the dorsal and ventral banding patterns, are diagnostic of Coloptychon. Furthermore, Good noted that some of the characteristics cited for this species by previous authors, such as enlarged neck scales and a lack of prefrontal-superciliary contact, actually are not present. The translations of Peters and Bocourt contained herein plus a careful reading of Boulenger, and Gunther, and perusal of Bocourt’s drawings nowhere indicate that these authors ever mentioned these characters as being present in Coloptychon. Tihen, however, (1949) does state, and Bocourt’s lateral view (Fig. 3B) drawing implies, that the anterior supercili- ary does not contact the prefrontal. Bocourt’s dorsal view drawing (Fig. 3A) shows no contact. Following Bocourt’s drawing, Tihen (1949) called the neck scale condition “nearly agranular,” and stated that the granular scales were restricted to an area just behind the ear. At the time of Good’s study, Coloptychon was known from three specimens––the holotype from Panama and two specimens (UCR 3143 and 6971) from southwestern Costa Rica (see map in Good, 1988: fig 26, and a photograph of a preserved adult [UCR 3143] on p. 33). Savage (2002) and Köhler (2000, 2003, 2008) presented a summary of the known information for Coloptychon, with Savage providing more extensive diagnostic, descrip- tive, and distributional data, including an elevational range for the species of 50–500 m. Owing to a lack of further information, Coloptychon in Panama has been presumed to occupy the Pacific Lowland physiographic region (see Campbell, 1999; Jaramillo et al., 2010). The lack of specimens has resulted in the exclusion of Coloptychon from modern osteological studies that include gerrhonotine anguid lizards (Criley, 1968; Rieppel, 1980; Gauthier, 1982; Good, 1987; Savage, 2002). On 1 August 2000, Alejandro Solórzano obtained a recently injured adult male C. rhombifer that apparently had been dropped by a predator, possibly a raptorial bird. The specimen (UCR 15000) was found near Golfito, in a now-defunct neighborhood previously known as “Hong Kong” (A. Solórzano, pers. comm.), Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica; its total length is 505 mm, the record size at that time for the species. Initially the specimen was frozen, but later was photographed and an image appears on the cover of Herpetological Review, for which Lamar (2004) provided information. In addition to the aforementioned cover photograph, images of non-preserved Coloptychon have appeared in Savage (2002; a different image of the same UCR specimen); Muñoz and Johnston (2013; photographed by Andrés Vega at Rancho Quemado, inland from Bahía Drake, Península de Osa, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica); and Arias and Bolaños (2014), who reported the presence of C. rhombifer at Reserva Forestal Los Santos, San Isidro de Dota, Provincia de San José, Costa Rica, based on a photograph with locality data. Dwyer and De Plecker (2013) provided photographs (UTADC 7635–7636) of an individual collected at San Andrés de Matapalo, Cantón Aguirre, Provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica; from the photographs, the individual appears to be an adult female (Fig. 4). Mesoamerican Herpetology 94 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1 Lamar et al. The genus Coloptychon In addition to the seven specimens of C. rhombifer in museum collections or otherwise reported in the litera- ture, herein we provide information on six additional individuals (Table 1). We include data from two juveniles with striking color patterns, as well as from four subadult-to-adult lizards. All individuals, save the holotype, were found in Costa Rica, at elevations ranging from near sea level to 986 meters (Fig. 5). All have been found along the Pacific versant in habitats ranging from Tropical Wet Forest up to Premontane Wet Forest and Premontane Rain Forest (Bolaños, et al., 1999). The climate is characterized by moderate to high temperatures with an annual minimum of two meters of rainfall occurring mostly from March through December (Solano and Villalobos, 2001). Table 1. Known occurrences of Coloptychon rhombifer based on specimens, individuals, or sightings with photographs. Numbers correspond to those on map (Fig. 5). Number Locality Voucher Elevation (m) Date Reference Costa Rica: San José: Pérez McDiarmid and 1 UCR 3143 700 1970 Zeledón, Pejibaye Good (1987) Costa Rica: Puntarenas: McDiarmid and 2 UCR 6971 485 13 June 1970 Golfito, Cerro Purruja Good (1987) 3 Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Golfito UCR 15000 5 1 August 2000 Lamar (2004) Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Photo by 4 Buenos Aires, San Francisco 986 20 May 2014 This work Jason Vargas Salitre Photo by Costa Rica: Puntarenas: 5 Stephanie Joseph 540 22 March 2013 This work Aguirre, Londres de Quepos Segura Costa Rica: San José: 6 Photo voucher 800 Not stated Arias and Bolaños, (2014) San Isidro de Dota Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Photo by Juan Dwyer and 7 515 7 October 2012 Savegre, San Andrés Matapalo Andrés López De Plecker (2013) 8 Panama: Chiriquí ZMB 8655 ? 1876 Peters (1876) Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Photo by Luis 9 Rainmaker, 22 km NNW 124 15 March 2013 This work Fernando Peña Parrita Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Alive at Parque 10 Cantón de Osa, Cerro San Juan 500 19 August 2011 This work Reptilandia de Rincón, Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Photo by José 11 Dominicalito, near the Luis Segura ca. 300 m August 2014 This work Escaleras cell phone tower Navarro Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Península de Osa, Rancho Photo by In Muñoz Chacón and 12 200 ? Quemado, inland from Bahía Andrés Vega Johnson (2013) Drake Costa Rica: Puntarenas: Photo by Juan 13 Cantón Aguirre, San Andrés de 348 m October 201 This work Andrés López Matapalo, finca Bocaracá 4 Mesoamerican Herpetology 95 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1 Lamar et al. The genus Coloptychon Fig. 4. Adult Coloptychon, probably female, from Cantón Aguirre, San Andrés de Matapalo, finca Bocaracá, Provincia de Puntarenas, elev. ' 348 m. When encountered on the ground, this lizard undulates in snake-like fashion with the limbs adpressed. © Juan Andrés López Fig. 5. The distribution of Coloptychon rhombifer based on all known sightings and specimens. Numbers correspond to those in Table 1. Inasmuch as the specific locality for the holotype is unknown, we simply made an indication in suitable habitat in Chiriquí, Panama. Mesoamerican Herpetology 96 March 2015 | Volume 2 | Number 1