March 2014: A new species of lizard has been discovered at a national park in Peru. The new species, named Potamites erythrocularis, was located in the upper part of Manu National Park in Peru´s southeast Cusco region, the country's environmental ministry said.
“It differs from the others by having messy keeled scales on the back, undivided frontonasal scales, a red ring around the eye in males and absence of femoral pores in females," the ministry said.
The research was led by scientists Alessandro Catenazzi and German Chavez and a team of biologists and rangers of the Manu National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park covers 1.5 million hectares (3.7 million acres) and ranges from 150 meters to 4,200 meters above sea level. It is one of the, if not the, most bilogically diverse places on earth.
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