Redescription and validation of Bothriechis supraciliaris (Serpentes: Viperidae)

 

में बचाया:
ग्रंथसूची विवरण
लेखकों: Solórzano, Alejandro, Gómez, Luis D, Monge-Nájera, Julián, Crother, Brian I
स्वरूप: artículo original
स्थिति:Versión publicada
प्रकाशन तिथि:1998
विवरण:The populations of pitvipers from south western Costa Rica, have traditionally been identified as Bothriechis schlegelii (Berthold). However, in 1954 E. H. Taylor described one specimen from the area as a new subspecies, B. schlegelii supraciliaris. Werrnan returned supraciliaris to synonymy with schlegelii four decades latero However, morphometry and color pattern in a SW Costa Rica population (25 specimens) differ from those of specimens (N=57) from other parts of Costa Rica and from descriptions of South American specimens. Here ¡he epithet Bothriechis schlegelii supraciliaris Taylor 1954, is reestablished as a valid taxon and elevated to specific rank as B. supraciliaris stat.nov. It is closely related to B. schlegelii from which it differs by íts color patterns based on a uniforrn ground color with polymorphic dorsal designs, and its lower counts of ventral and caudal scales.
देश:Portal de Revistas UCR
संस्थान:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
भाषा:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/19701
ऑनलाइन पहुंच:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/19701
संकेत शब्द:bothriechis
viperidae
serpentes
pitvipers
new species
Costa Rica
pleistocene refugia
taxonomy