A new snake of the genus Hydrops from Colombia A new snake of the genus Hydrops from Colombia

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US&q...

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Main Author: Dunn Emmett Reid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1944-09-01
Series:Caldasia
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/32079
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Summary:<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">While in Popayán recently Mr. F. C. Lehmann showed me the snakes in his care in the collection of the University of Cauca. Among them was a Hydrops which was taken in swampy terrain in the vicinity of the city (1760 m.) As Hydrops was supposed to be confined to the area east of the Andes this was quite a surprise. The species</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"> seems to be undescribed and may be called: Hydrops lehmanni sp. nov.</span></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">While in Popayán recently Mr. F. C. Lehmann showed me the snakes in his care in the collection of the University of Cauca. Among them was a Hydrops which was taken in swampy terrain in the vicinity of the city (1760 m.) As Hydrops was supposed to be confined to the area east of the Andes this was quite a surprise. The species</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"> seems to be undescribed and may be called: Hydrops lehmanni sp. nov.<br /></span></p>
ISSN:0366-5232