A NEW LEPIDOBLEPHARIS (SQUAMATA, GEKKONIDAE) FROM THE PARAGUANA PENINSULA, VENEZUELA, WITH COMMENTS ON ITS CONSERVATION STATUS

Lepidoblepharts montecanoensis is a small, short-toed species from rel ictual areas Of tropical dry forest on the semiarid Paraguana Peninsul a, Estado Falcon, Venezuela. It represents the first species of Lepido blepharis reported from Venezuela and the first endemic reptile record ed from the Paraguana Peninsula. It is distinct from other short-toed Lepidoblepharis by character combinations involving snout and chin scu tellation, dorsal scale morphology, and its relatively featureless col or pattern.