A new species of Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) and molecular phylogeny of the Cuban radiation of the genus

Cuba has the highest diversity of snakes in the genus Tropidophis, representing 53 % of all the known species. Tropidophis steinleini sp. nov. is described from the eastern region of Cuba, raising the number of species to 17 in this archipelago. The new species is most closely related to T. wrighti,...

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Main Authors: Luis M. Díaz, Antonio Cádiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano" 2020-07-01
Series:Novitates Caribaea
Subjects:
dna
Online Access:https://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/222