Elapomorphini (Serpentes, Xenodontinae) from southwestern Brazil
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Redescription of Phalotris labiomaculatus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini), with notes on the taxonomic boundaries within the nasutus group.
Phalotris labiomaculatus Lema, 2002 was described based on a single specimen from Porto Franco, south of the Brazilian state of Maranhão, being rediscovered three years later in Mateiros, a municipality in the north of the state of Tocantins, attesting to its occurrence in the cerrado of both banks of the Tocantins River. The discovery of 28 new specimens from other localities during field expe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neotropical Biology and Conservation
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2236-3777
DOI: 10.4013/nbc.2015.102.05