A new species of Erythrolamprus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontini) from the savannas of northern South America

Autor(es)

Entiauspe-Neto, Omar M. ^[1] ; Abegg, Arthur D. ^{[2, 3]} ; Koch, Claudia ^[4] ; Nunez, Leroy P. ^[5] ; Azevedo, Weverton S. ^{[2, 3]} ; Moraes, Leandro J. C. L. ^{[2, 6]} ; Tiutenko, Arthur ^[7] ; Bialves, Tatiane S. ^[1] ; Loebmann, Daniel ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Rio Grande, Inst Ciencias Biol, Lab Vertebrados, Av Italia Km 8, BR-96203900 Rio Grande, RS - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Programa Posgrad Zool, Rua Matao, 321, Travessa 14, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[3] Inst Butantan, Lab Colecoes Zool, Ave Vital Brasil 1-500, BR-05503900 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

^[4] Zool Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn - Germany

^[5] Amer Museum Nat Hist, Richard Gilder Grad Sch, Dept Herpetol, New York, NY 10024 - USA

^[6] Inst Nacl de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Coordenacao Biodiversidade, Ave Andre Araujo 2936, BR-69080971 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[7] Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen Nurnberg, Schlosspl 4, D-91054 Erlangen - Germany

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: SALAMANDRA; v. 57, n. 2, p. 196-218, MAY 15 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Erythrolamprus BOIE, 1826 is a highly diverse dipsadid snake genus, ranging from Central America south to Argentina and Uruguay. In this work, we reassess the taxonomic status of specimens previously identified as Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus schotti (SCHLEGEL, 1837) from the savannah habitats of Roraima state, northern Brazil, Guyana, and Bolivar state, Venezuela. Based on novel molecular and morphological evidence, we conclude that these specimens represent a distinct, diagnosable and reciprocally monophyletic taxon. We here describe it as a new species. Furthermore, we comment on the taxonomy of other Erythrolamprus spp.. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 19/03587-9 - Escalas da biodiversidade: estudos integrados de evolução e função de venenos ofídicos nos múltiplos níveis da diversidade
• Beneficiário: Weverton dos Santos Azevedo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Programa Capacitação - Treinamento Técnico