Polychrus gutturosus (Squamata: Polychrotidae): First record in Olancho, Honduras

Abstract

Based on our literature review we reported the first record of Polycrus gutturosus for the Olancho Department and for the buffer zone of Reserva del Hombre y Biosfera del Río Plátano. This is the second record confirmed for the protected area after the recently published locality for the core zone of this protected area (Antúnez-Fonseca et al., 2022). In addition, our record is the one with the highest elevation for Honduras (1000 m a.s.l.), in relation with the highest elevation previously recorded (410 m a.s.l.) by Solis et al. (2017), although the highest known elevation for this species is 1300 m a.s.l. in the Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia (Castro-Herrera & Vargas-Salinas 2008). Our record fills a gap in the distribution of this species, located approximately 21 km southwest from the closest record published by Antúnez-Fonseca et al. (2022).