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- Title
Leptophis santamartensis (Serpentes, Colubridae), a Junior Synonym of Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis.
- Authors
De Albuquerque, Nelson R.; Passos, Paulo; Gotte, Steve W.
- Abstract
Leptophis santamartensis, known only from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, is one of the more poorly known species of the genus Leptophis. The characters used for its diagnosis largely overlap with those of other Leptophis, mainly with Leptophis ahaetulla occidentalis, the only other Leptophis known to occur in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. A detailed comparison of L. a. occidentalis with the two known specimens of L. santamartensis leads to the conclusion that the latter should be relegated to the synonymy of the former.
- Subjects
COLOMBIA; LEPTOPHIS; SNAKES; ANIMAL species; SANTA Marta Range (Colombia)
- Publication
Journal of Herpetology, 2012, Vol 46, Issue 2, p248
- ISSN
0022-1511
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1670/10-263