A new species of arboreal pitviper from the Atlantic versant of northern Central America

 

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون: Campbell, Jonathan A, Smith, Eric N
التنسيق: artículo original
الحالة:Versión publicada
تاريخ النشر:2000
الوصف:A new species of green, prehensile-tailed pitviper of the genus Bothriechis is described from the Atlantic slopes of eastern Guatemala and western Honduras. This species appears to be most closely related to B. bicolor of the Pacific versant of Chiapas (Mexico) and Guatemala. Several other species of Bothriechis occur on the Atlantic versant of northern Central America, including two montane species, B. aurifer and B. marchi but, with one possible exception, these are not known to be sympatric with the new species and occur in different mountain ranges. The widespread B. schlegelii occurs up to at least 900 m on the Sierra de Caral, where the lowest elevation recorded for the new species is 885 m.
البلد:Portal de Revistas UCR
المؤسسة:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
اللغة:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/18993
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/18993
كلمة مفتاحية:reptilia
squamata
viperidae
pitvipers
bothriechis
new species
izabal
guatemala
honduras.