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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0366-5232</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Caldasia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Caldasia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0366-5232</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0366-52322022000100200</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/caldasia.v44n1.77023</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Condición de la cola en dos saurios endémicos de los Andes del norte de Ecuador y primeros registros de bifurcación]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Tail condition in two endemic saurians from the northern Andes of Ecuador and first record of bifurcated tails]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Jaramillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Salomón M.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Investigador independiente  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quito ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>44</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>200</fpage>
<lpage>202</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0366-52322022000100200&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0366-52322022000100200&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0366-52322022000100200&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se caracteriza la cola en dos especies simpátricas de saurios endémicos de Ecuador. Utilizamos como técnicas de muestreo trampas de goma en ocho transectos de 500 m de distancia y trampas de caída de 80x80x80 cm. Para evaluar la condición de las colas se establecieron las categorías: intacta, ausente y regenerada. Entre 2012 y 2014 capturamos 138 saurios, 125 individuos de Stenocercus guentheri y trece de Pholidobolus montium. Alrededor del 61 % de los individuos tenían la cola intacta. Reportamos por primera vez bifurcación de la cola en Stenocercus guentheri; observamos tres individuos con esta característica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The tail is characterized in two sympatric species of endemic saurians from Ecuador. We used glue traps in eight transects of 500 m distance and fall traps of 80x80x80 cm. The condition tails intact, absent, and regenerated were studied. Between 2012 and 2014 we captured 138 individuals, 125 individuals belong to Stenocercus guentheri and thirteen to Pholidobolus montium. About 61 % of the individuals had an intact tail. For the first time, we reported tail bifurcation in Stenocercus guentheri; three cases were observed with this condition.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Development biology]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Pholidobolus montium]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Stenocercus guentheri]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tail anomalies]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Anomalías en la cola]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[biología del desarrollo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pholidobolus montium]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Stenocercus guentheri]]></kwd>
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