Echinosaura palmeri

Boulenger, 1911 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Gymnophthalmidae/Echinosaura

At a glance

Occurrence records70

Data sources7

Biological traits2

DNA specimens26

eDNA detections7

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Echinosaura palmeri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility70 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics26 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF70 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries7 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD26 specimens

01Narrative

Echinosaura palmeri, Palmer's teiid, is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is found in Panama and Colombia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDB

Size & morphology2

Body mass4.8 g

SVL6.59 cm

05DNA & barcoding26 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Echinosaura palmeri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens26

BINs4

Marker genes2

eDNA detections7

Countries1

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P654 bp consensus9 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 81% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 123 variable positions, in barcode order

6Cvariable

9Avariable

12Tmostly conserved

15Tvariable

24Amostly conserved

27Tvariable

30Amostly conserved

36Avariable

39Gvariable

42Cvariable

46Cvariable

52Cvariable

55Tmostly conserved

60Cmostly conserved

63Tmostly conserved

66Avariable

72Tmostly conserved

75Cmostly conserved

81Cvariable

85Tmostly conserved

87Tvariable

93Tvariable

96Avariable

102Cmostly conserved

117Tmostly conserved

123Tmostly conserved

132Cmostly conserved

144Amostly conserved

147Tvariable

150Cvariable

156Avariable

159Amostly conserved

162Amostly conserved

174Tmostly conserved

177Gvariable

180Tvariable

189Tmostly conserved

193Cvariable

196Gmostly conserved

198Cvariable

201Tmostly conserved

207Amostly conserved

210Tvariable

213Cvariable

219Tvariable

231Cmostly conserved

234Avariable

237Tmostly conserved

246Tmostly conserved

249Avariable

255Tmostly conserved

259Cmostly conserved

261Amostly conserved

264Cvariable

270Cvariable

273Cmostly conserved

276Tmostly conserved

280Tvariable

282Amostly conserved

285Tvariable

294Cmostly conserved

298Avariable

309Tvariable

312Gvariable

315Cvariable

321Amostly conserved

336Cmostly conserved

339Cvariable

342Tmostly conserved

348Avariable

354Tmostly conserved

357Tmostly conserved

366Amostly conserved

381Cvariable

384Tmostly conserved

399Gvariable

402Tvariable

414Tvariable

423Tvariable

429Gvariable

432Avariable

435Tvariable

438Tmostly conserved

450Cmostly conserved

459Cvariable

465Amostly conserved

471Avariable

478Avariable

483Avariable

486Tmostly conserved

495Avariable

496Cmostly conserved

504Ahighly variable

519Tvariable

522Avariable

528Tmostly conserved

531Tvariable

537Tvariable

538Tvariable

540Amostly conserved

541Tmostly conserved

546Cvariable

549Tvariable

552Amostly conserved

553Tvariable

561Cvariable

570Avariable

573Amostly conserved

574Tmostly conserved

577Tmostly conserved

594Amostly conserved

600Cvariable

603Avariable

612Cvariable

615Tvariable

624Avariable

627Amostly conserved

630Cvariable

633Tmostly conserved

636Avariable

+3 more variable positions not shown

TTATACTTAGTTTTTGGTGCTTGAGCTGGAATAGTAGGGACCGCTCTAAGCCTATTAATCCGTACAGAACTTAGCCAACCCGGCTCTCTT …

Variant network

Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.

Diversity (π)8.1%

Haplotypes3

BINs4

Most divergent pair10.4%

N.America

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Echinosaura panamensissame genus11.8%

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P16S

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type70 records

Wild obs. + sensor27

Museum / vouchered43

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO132 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 5≤10 km 1>10 km 1

12 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor27

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 43 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence43

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
Universidad EAFIT (EAFIT)location not on record	10
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record	10
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museumlocation not on record	4
Universidad Autonoma de Chiriquilocation not on record	4
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	2
Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal (UNISARC)location not on record	1
Circulo Herpetologico de Panamalocation not on record	1

7 institutions · 32 of 43 vouchered records shown · 11 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA7 detections

Where the DNA of Echinosaura palmeri was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found7

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 7 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median24.4 °C 20.0–25.5

Seasonal swing summer↔winter0.8 °C

Max temp (day)26.2 °C 22.9–28.3

Min temp (night)22.0 °C 17.0–23.2

Precipitation352 mm/mo 36.6–469

Air humidity78.3 % 67.4–80.3

Moisture balance240 mm/mo -129–380

Vapour deficit661 Pa 457–1,069

Wind speed1.80 m/s 1.00–3.40

Cloud cover42.7 % 13.5–45.6

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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