Morphology and distribution of the South American snake Chironius leucometapus (Serpentes: Colubridae)

Authors

  • Omar Torres-Carvajal Pontifcia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas
  • Claudia Koch Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK)
  • Jorge H. Valencia Fundación Herpetológica Gustavo Orcés
  • Pablo J. Venegas Centro de Ornitología y Biodiversidad
  • Lourdes Y. Echevarría Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p241-254

Keywords:

Andes, CT-scanning, hemipenis, skull, Squamata

Abstract

Morphology and distribution of the South American snake Chironius leucometapus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Chironius leucometapus was described more than 25 years ago as subspecies of C. fuscus from restricted area in the Department of Junín in central Peru, with no additional specimens reported since. Examination of 17 new specimens reveals that C. leucometapus is widespread along the Amazonian slopes of the Andes between central Peru and northern Ecuador. New morphological data including scalation, hemipenes, color in life, and the frst description of the skull of Chironius to be based on high-quality CT-scan images are presented. The number of species of Chironius from Ecuador is elevated to eight.

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Published

2019-12-17

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2019)

Section

Articles

License

All material originally published in Phyllomedusa belongs to Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - Universidade de São Paulo. All contents are under a license of Creative Commons BY-NC-ND.

How to Cite

Torres-Carvajal, O., Koch, C., Valencia, J. H., Venegas, P. J., & Echevarría, L. Y. (2019). Morphology and distribution of the South American snake Chironius leucometapus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 18(2), 241-254. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v18i2p241-254