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Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru
Abstract. The discovery of three new species of Synophis snakes from the eastern slopes of the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru is reported. All previous records of Synophis bicolor from eastern Ecuador correspond to Synophis bogerti sp. n., which occurs between 1000–1750 m along a large part of t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.546.6533 |
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author | Torres-Carvajal, Omar Echevarría, Lourdes Y. Venegas, Pablo J. Germán Chávez, Camper, Jeffrey D. |
author_facet | Torres-Carvajal, Omar Echevarría, Lourdes Y. Venegas, Pablo J. Germán Chávez, Camper, Jeffrey D. |
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description | Abstract. The discovery of three new species of Synophis snakes from the eastern slopes of the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru is reported. All previous records of Synophis bicolor from eastern Ecuador correspond to Synophis bogerti sp. n., which occurs between 1000–1750 m along a large part of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. In contrast, Synophis zamora sp. n. is restricted to southeastern Ecuador, including Cordillera del Cóndor, between 1543–1843 m. Synophis insulomontanus sp. n. is from the eastern slopes of the Andes in central and northern Peru, between 1122–1798 m, and represents the first record of Synophis from this country. All three new species share in common a large lateral spine at the base of the hemipenial body. A molecular phylogenetic tree based on three mitochondrial genes is presented, including samples of Diaphorolepis wagneri. Our tree strongly supports Synophis and Diaphorolepis as sister taxa, as well as monophyly of the three new species described here and Synophis calamitus. Inclusion of Synophis and Diaphorolepis within Dipsadinae as sister to a clade containing Imantodes, Dipsas, Ninia, Hypsiglena and Pseudoleptodeira is also supported. |
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spelling | pubmed-47143512016-01-21 Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru Torres-Carvajal, Omar Echevarría, Lourdes Y. Venegas, Pablo J. Germán Chávez, Camper, Jeffrey D. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. The discovery of three new species of Synophis snakes from the eastern slopes of the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru is reported. All previous records of Synophis bicolor from eastern Ecuador correspond to Synophis bogerti sp. n., which occurs between 1000–1750 m along a large part of the Amazonian slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. In contrast, Synophis zamora sp. n. is restricted to southeastern Ecuador, including Cordillera del Cóndor, between 1543–1843 m. Synophis insulomontanus sp. n. is from the eastern slopes of the Andes in central and northern Peru, between 1122–1798 m, and represents the first record of Synophis from this country. All three new species share in common a large lateral spine at the base of the hemipenial body. A molecular phylogenetic tree based on three mitochondrial genes is presented, including samples of Diaphorolepis wagneri. Our tree strongly supports Synophis and Diaphorolepis as sister taxa, as well as monophyly of the three new species described here and Synophis calamitus. Inclusion of Synophis and Diaphorolepis within Dipsadinae as sister to a clade containing Imantodes, Dipsas, Ninia, Hypsiglena and Pseudoleptodeira is also supported. Pensoft Publishers 2015-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC4714351/ /pubmed/26798310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.546.6533 Text en Omar Torres-Carvajal, Lourdes Y. Echevarría, Pablo J. Venegas, Germán Chávez, Jeffrey D. Camper http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Torres-Carvajal, Omar Echevarría, Lourdes Y. Venegas, Pablo J. Germán Chávez, Camper, Jeffrey D. Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru |
title | Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru |
title_full | Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru |
title_fullStr | Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru |
title_full_unstemmed | Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru |
title_short | Description and phylogeny of three new species of Synophis (Colubridae, Dipsadinae) from the tropical Andes in Ecuador and Peru |
title_sort | description and phylogeny of three new species of synophis (colubridae, dipsadinae) from the tropical andes in ecuador and peru |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714351/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26798310 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.546.6533 |
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