A new species of blunt-headed vine snake (Colubridae, Imantodes) from the Chocó region of Ecuador

Abstract. We describe a new species of Imantodes from the Chocó region of northwestern Ecuador. The new species differs most significantly from all other congeners in lacking a loreal scale. We analyze the phylogenetic relationships among species of Imantodes based on two mitochondrial genes, and po...

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Autores principales: Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Yánez-Muñoz, Mario H., Quirola, Diego, Eric N. Smith, Almendáriz, Ana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3520105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23275746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.244.3950

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3520105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23275746
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.244.3950

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