Unveiling an enigma from the Cerrado: taxonomic revision of two sympatric species of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae: Elapomorphini) from central Brazil

Apostolepis albicollaris and A. cerradoensis are two Elapomorphini snake species, described within a short timespan, from the Cerrado of central Brazil. In their brief descriptions, these two species were diagnosed from congeners largely based on highly variable external morphological characters. I...

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Main Authors: Omar M. Entiauspe-Neto, Claudia Koch, Thaís B. Guedes, Rafael C.B. Paredero, Arthur Tiutenko, Daniel Loebmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consortium of European Natural History Museums 2022-05-01
Series:European Journal of Taxonomy
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Online Access:https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1769