The present study aimed at the morphometric and molecular characterization of amphibian and reptile species in urban and periurban areas of the city of Iquitos. The samples were collected in two urban and two periurban areas of the city of Iquitos and the morphometric characterization was performed by principal component analysis (PCA), while the molecular characterization was developed by nucleotide sequencing of the mitochondrial gene Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I (COI). The specific diversity of the herpetofauna in periurban areas was higher than in urban areas, finding a difference of 33 species between the two areas analyzed (peri-urban areas 45, urban areas = 12). Adenomera hylaedactyla, Boana punctata, Dendropsophus triangulum, Dendropsophus leali, Scinax ruber and Rinella marina, were present in both urban and periurban areas, and the results of the morphometric analysis allowed d...

The herpetofauna diversity of the Peruvian Amazon has considerable potential for conservation, research, and ecotourism. The lack of knowledge about amphibian and reptile species in peri-urban areas motivated us for this research in the Fernando Alcántara Bocanegra Research Center - CIFAB, in Iquitos, Peru, we conducted short and sporadic transect and pitfall trap sampling between June and September 2021 in small patches of white sand forest. We report the presence of four rare species of herpetozoa, three amphibians, and one ophidian: Pristimantis padiali, Ranitomeya amazonica, Synapturanus sp. "nanay" and Micrurus filiformis. These records are important because of their rarity in the herpetological collections of the country, particularly Synapturanus sp. "nanay" because of its fossorial habits and representing a species not yet described, and M. filiformis represents the second recor...

The herpetofauna diversity of the Peruvian Amazon has considerable potential for conservation, research, and ecotourism. The lack of knowledge about amphibian and reptile species in peri-urban areas motivated us for this research in the Fernando Alcántara Bocanegra Research Center - CIFAB, in Iquitos, Peru, we conducted short and sporadic transect and pitfall trap sampling between June and September 2021 in small patches of white sand forest. We report the presence of four rare species of herpetozoa, three amphibians, and one ophidian: Pristimantis padiali, Ranitomeya amazonica, Synapturanus sp. "nanay" and Micrurus filiformis. These records are important because of their rarity in the herpetological collections of the country, particularly Synapturanus sp. "nanay" because of its fossorial habits and representing a species not yet described, and M. filiformis represents the second recor...