Taxonomic status of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)

Abstract. Apostolepis is a diverse neotropical snake genus, which has been historically subjected to poor taxonomic descriptions, largely based on either a small type series or subjective diagnoses. We evaluate the case of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978 and its intricate taxonomic history, suggesting...

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Autores principales: Entiauspe-Neto, Omar Machado, de Sena, Arthur, Tiutenko, Arthur, Loebmann, Daniel
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6491410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31097914
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.841.33404
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author Entiauspe-Neto, Omar Machado
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Tiutenko, Arthur
Loebmann, Daniel
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description Abstract. Apostolepis is a diverse neotropical snake genus, which has been historically subjected to poor taxonomic descriptions, largely based on either a small type series or subjective diagnoses. We evaluate the case of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978 and its intricate taxonomic history, suggesting its synonymization with Apostolepisdimidiata (Jan, 1862), and providing brief commentary on the taxonomic instability that has been plaguing the genus.
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spelling pubmed-64914102019-05-16 Taxonomic status of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) Entiauspe-Neto, Omar Machado de Sena, Arthur Tiutenko, Arthur Loebmann, Daniel Zookeys Short Communication Abstract. Apostolepis is a diverse neotropical snake genus, which has been historically subjected to poor taxonomic descriptions, largely based on either a small type series or subjective diagnoses. We evaluate the case of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978 and its intricate taxonomic history, suggesting its synonymization with Apostolepisdimidiata (Jan, 1862), and providing brief commentary on the taxonomic instability that has been plaguing the genus. Pensoft Publishers 2019-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6491410/ /pubmed/31097914 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.841.33404 Text en Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto, Arthur de Sena, Arthur Tiutenko, Daniel Loebmann 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 Short Communication
Entiauspe-Neto, Omar Machado
de Sena, Arthur
Tiutenko, Arthur
Loebmann, Daniel
Taxonomic status of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)
title Taxonomic status of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)
title_full Taxonomic status of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)
title_fullStr Taxonomic status of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)
title_full_unstemmed Taxonomic status of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)
title_short Taxonomic status of Apostolepisbarrioi Lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of Apostolepis Cope, 1862 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)
title_sort taxonomic status of apostolepisbarrioi lema, 1978, with comments on the taxonomic instability of apostolepis cope, 1862 (serpentes, dipsadidae)
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6491410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31097914
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.841.33404
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