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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Language: | English |
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Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "Prof. Eugenio de Jesús Marcano"
2020-07-01
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Series: | Novitates Caribaea |
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Online Access: | https://novitatescaribaea.do/index.php/novitates/article/view/222 |