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Issue: Vol. 1674 No. 1: 7 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1674.1.2
Page range: 27–37
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 2

A new, brightly colored species of Pseudoboa Schneider, 1801 from the Amazon Basin (Serpentes, Xenodontinae)

Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, 04263–000, Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Av. Rodrigo Otávio, 3000, 69077–000, Manaus, AM, Brazil.
Laboratório de Herpetologia, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brazil 1500, 05503–900, Butantã, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Reptilia Brazil Colubridae hemipenis taxonomy distribution

Abstract

A new species of Pseudoboa, P. martinsi, is described from the Amazon basin of Brazil, with records from the states of Pará, Amazonas, Roraima and Rondônia. The new species is distinguished from the other five species of the genus by a combination of scalation and coloration characters. Individuals of the new species were found in both primary and disturbed forested areas. The species seems to be predominantly nocturnal and secretive because specimens were found foraging in the litter during night.

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