A new species of burrowing snake (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Apostolepis ) from the state of Mato Grosso, Central-West region of Brazil

A new species of burrowing snake (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Apostolepis ) from the state of Mato Grosso, Central-West region of Brazil

ABSTRACT During a faunal rescue conducted at a hydroelectric power station constructed in a Cerrado savanna area in the state of Mato Grosso, a sample of five small stripe-patterned individuals of snakes of the genus Apostolepis Cope, 1862 document the existence of an undescribed species, which is n...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Martins dos Santos, Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto, Jailini da Silva Araújo, Moisés Barbosa de Souza, Thales de Lema, Christine Strüssmann, Nelson Rufino de Albuquerque
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-06-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Cerrado
Chapada dos Guimarães
Elapomorphini
taxonomy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702018000100327&lng=en&tlng=en

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