A new species of groundsnake genus Atractus Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from the Peruvian Andes revealed by unequivocal morphological characters

Based on an exhaustive revision of external morphological characters we describe a new species of Atractus from the humid montane forest of the Andes of northern Peru, Cajamarca department, occurring at elevations of 1641 to 2161 m. This new species was misidentified as A. gigas in the literature an...

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Main Authors: Paulo R. Melo-Sampaio, Pablo J. Venegas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-08-01
Series:Evolutionary Systematics
Online Access:https://evolsyst.pensoft.net/article/102578/download/pdf/