Based on morphological and molecular data, we describe three new species of the genus Lepidoblepharis with granular dorsals from Panama (Lepidoblepharis emberawoundule sp. nov., Lepidoblepharis rufigularis sp. nov., and Lepidoblepharis victormartinezi sp. nov.). The results of our molecular analyses confirm the existence of five deeply differentiated genealogical lineages among Panamanian Lepidoblepharis. We present detailed descriptions of their morphology, including some new valuable scalation characters (ventral and subfemoral escutcheon) and hemipenes, as well as comparisons with the other two species of the genus known to occur in Panama (L. sanctaemartae and L. xanthostigma) and their South American congeners. Last, we provide an updated identification key for the genus Lepidoblepharis in Central America.

Department of Zoology Faculty of Natural Sciences Palacký University 17 Listopadu 50 77146 Olomouc Czech Republic; Email unknown

Section of Conservation Biology Department of Environmental Sciences University of Basel St Johanns Vorstadt 10 CH 4056 Basel Switzerland; Email unknown

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt am Main Germany Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Institute for Ecology Evolution and Diversity Biologicum Building C Max von Laue Straße 13 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí Davíd Panama; Email

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt am Main Germany Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Institute for Ecology Evolution and Diversity Biologicum Building C Max von Laue Straße 13 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany; Email unknown

Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Frankfurt Senckenberganlage 25 60325 Frankfurt am Main Germany; Email unknown

Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí Davíd Panama; Email unknown

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