A relict lineage and new species of green palm-pitviper (Squamata, Viperidae, Bothriechis) from the Chortís Highlands of Mesoamerica

Abstract. A new species of palm-pitviper of the genus Bothriechis is described from Refugio de Vida Silvestre Texíguat in northern Honduras. The new species differs from congeners by having 19 dorsal scale rows at midbody, a bright green dorsal coloration in adults, the prelacunal scale fused to the...

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Autores principales: Townsend, Josiah H., Medina-Flores, Melissa, Wilson, Larry David, Jadin, Robert C., Austin, James D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3689108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23794885
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.298.4834

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3689108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23794885
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.298.4834

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