A sheep in wolf's clothing: Elaphe xiphodonta sp. nov. (Squamata, Colubridae) and its possible mimicry to Protobothrops jerdonii

Based on combined morphological and osteological characters and molecular phylogenetics, we describe a new species of the genus Elaphe that was discovered from the south slope of the Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi, China, namely Elaphe xiphodontasp. nov. It is distinguished from the other congeners by a...

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Autores principales: Qi, Shuo, Shi, Jing-Song, Ma, Yan-Bo, Gao, Yi-Fei, Bu, Shu-Hai, Grismer, L. Lee, Li, Pi-Peng, Wang, Ying-Yong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8277656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295215
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1048.65650

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