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T1 A new species of Phalotris (Serpentes, Colubridae, Elapomorphini) from Paraguay
A1 Smith, Paul David
A1 Brouard, Jean Paul
A1 Cacciali Sosa, Pier
AB A new species of Phalotris from the nasutus group, Phalotris shawnella sp. nov., is described. It can be distinguished from the other members of the group by having the following combination of characters: 1) fifth supralabial in contact with parietal, 2) vertebral stripe present, 3) yellowish nuchal collar (2 or 3 dorsal scales long), 4) dull reddish color of head, 5) broad, solidly or near solidly dark, lateral bands, 6) red-orange ventral scales lightly and irregularly spotted with black mainly on the posterior half of the body and 7) a bilobed, extremely asymmetrical hemipenis, with enlarged, curved, lateral spines. The species is only known from a recent specimen collected in the Cerrado zone of northeastern Paraguay at Rancho Laguna Blanca, San Pedro department, and two photographic records of live specimens from this and an additional locality. Limited ecological data based on observations of a captive individual, and a wild record, are provided, and a conservation assessment is performed for this extremely limited range Paraguayan endemic snake.
PB Pensoft Publishers
SN 1435-1935
YR 2022
FD 2022-03-07
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14066/4481
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14066/4481
LA eng
NO Smith, P., Brouard, J. P., & Cacciali, P. (2022). A new species of Phalotris (Serpentes, Colubridae, Elapomorphini) from Paraguay. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 98(1), 77-85.https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.61064
NO Corresponding author: Paul Smith (faunaparaguay@gmail.com)
NO Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
DS MINDS@UW
RD 22-dic-2024