Morphology and distribution of the South American snake Chironius leucometapus (Serpentes: Colubridae)

Omar Torres-Carvajal; Claudia Koch; Jorge H. Valencia; Pablo J. Venegas; Lourdes Y. Echevarría

doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p241-254

Morphology and distribution of the South American snake Chironius leucometapus (Serpentes: Colubridae)

Omar Torres-Carvajal, Claudia Koch, Jorge H. Valencia, Pablo J. Venegas, Lourdes Y. Echevarría

Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales

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Chironius leucometapus was described more than 25 years ago as subspecies of C. fuscus from restricted area in the Department of Junín in central Peru, with no additional specimens reported since. Examination of 17 new specimens reveals that C. leucometapus is widespread along the Amazonian slopes of the Andes between central Peru and northern Ecuador. New morphological data including scalation, hemipenes, color in life, and the first description of the skull of Chironius to be based on high-quality CT-scan images are presented. The number of species of Chironius from Ecuador is elevated to eight.

Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	241-254
Número de páginas	14
Publicación	Phyllomedusa
Volumen	18
N.º	2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p241-254
Estado	Publicada - 2019

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