Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru

Systematics of South American snail-eating snakes (Serpentes, Dipsadini), with the description of five new species from Ecuador and Peru

A molecular phylogeny of the Neotropical snail-eating snakes (tribe Dipsadini) is presented including 43 (24 for the first time) of the 77 species, sampled for both nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Morphological and phylogenetic support was found for four new species of Dipsas and...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Arteaga, David Salazar-Valenzuela, Konrad Mebert, Nicolás Peñafiel, Gabriela Aguiar, Juan C. Sánchez-Nivicela, R. Alexander Pyron, Timothy J. Colston, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz, Pablo J. Venegas, Juan M. Guayasamin, Omar Torres-Carvajal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2018-06-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=24523

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