Una nueva especie de serpiente venenosa terrestre del género Porthidium (Serpentes: Viperidae), del Suroeste de Costa Rica

 

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Autore: Solórzano, Alejandro
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:1994
Descrizione:A new species of terrestrial pitviper, Porthidium volcanicum, is described from low elevations near Buenos Aires, in the Valle del General, southwestem Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica. It is the eighth known member of the hognosed pitviper genus. Distinctive characters are the color pattem, high number of dorsal blotches and ventral scales, together with the presence of a single canthal scale. These morphological data indicate close affinities with Porthidium lansbergii
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/23274
Accesso online:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/23274