New record of a serpent of the genus Amastridium Cope (Serpente: Dipsadinae), from natural Chocoan forest of Colombia
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Amastridium veliferum, Dipsadinae, Distribution, Forest chocoana.Abstract
There is a snake subfamily Dipsadinae for natural forest Chocoana of Colombia. The new record is Amastridium veliferum, which is considered as the second record for the country and who completes a vacuum in the distribution of the species, as it was previously reported for the Cordillera Occidental in the municipality of Carmen de Atrato, department of Choco, Colombia. This second recording is made on the basis of an exemplary male deposited in the Colección Científica de Referencia Zoológica del Chocó-Herpetología, de la Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó «Diego Luis Córdoba», collected in the Cerro Tacarcuna, municipality of Unguia, department of Choco, located at the 8°1’30’’N, 77°09’25’’W, at a height of 1876 m. This exemplary presents chocolate coffee color, elongated head, one to two flakes temporary, tubersabove-annals, 17. Rows of scales throughout the body and anal plate divided, typical features of the species.
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