A new species of blunt-headed vine snake (Colubridae, Imantodes) from the Chocó region of Ecuador

Omar Torres-Carvajal; Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz; Diego Quirola; Eric N. Smith; Ana Almendáriz

doi:10.3897/zookeys.244.3950

A new species of blunt-headed vine snake (Colubridae, Imantodes) from the Chocó region of Ecuador

Omar Torres-Carvajal^*
, Mario H. Yánez-Muñoz
, Diego Quirola
, Eric N. Smith
, Ana Almendáriz

^*Corresponding author for this work

Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

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Abstract

We describe a new species of Imantodes from the Chocó region of northwestern Ecuador. The new species differs most significantly from all other congeners in lacking a loreal scale. We analyze the phylogenetic relationships among species of Imantodes based on two mitochondrial genes, and postulate that the new species and I. lentiferus are sister taxa. A key to the species of Imantodes from Ecuador is presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-110
Number of pages	20
Journal	ZooKeys
Volume	244
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.244.3950
State	Published - 2012

Keywords

Chocó
Dipsadinae
Ecuador
Imantodes
Snakes
Systematics

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A new species of blunt-headed vine snake (Colubridae, Imantodes) from the Chocó region of Ecuador

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