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Issue: Vol. 3266 No. 1: 11 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3266.1.5
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 165
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubridae) from the mountains of eastern Guatemala

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, 3101 VLSB, Berkeley, California 94720-3160, USA
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, 3101 VLSB, Berkeley, California 94720-3160, USA
Museo de Historia Natural, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos, Calle Mariscal Cruz 1-56, Zona 10, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Reptilia Sibon merendonensis sp. nov. Central America Sibon annulatus species group

Abstract

A new species of snake of the genus Sibon (Squamata: Colubridae) is described from La Montaña de las Granadillas, partof the Sierra del Merendón in eastern Guatemala. Sibon merendonensis is part of the S. annulatus group, and differs fromother members of the group in its scale row formula, head scalation and body size. The new species is known only from the holotype and was collected from an isolated area of cloud forest near Zacapa, Department of Zacapa, Guatemala.

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