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Issue: Vol. 3325 No. 1: 25 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3325.1.4
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of the second known specimen of Apostolepis intermedia (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae)

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanal, Laboratório de Zoologia, Avenida Rio Branco 1270, 79304-902 Corumbá, MS, Brazil
Professor (retired) of Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Reptilia Apostolepis Elapomorphini Pantanal Mato Grosso do Sul Taxonomy

Abstract

Apostolepis intermedia is a xenodontine colubrid snake known only from the lost holotype described in 1898 from Miran-da, Mato Grosso do Sul. Here, we describe a second specimen collected in 1997 on the margins of Taquaruçu river, Anas-tácio ca. 66.2 km from Miranda. We present photographs and drawings of the specimen and compare it with the original description of the holotype and 11 other five-lined congeners.

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