A new aquatic snake (Colubridae: Pseudoeryx) from the Lake Maracaibo Basin, northwestern Venezuela: A relic of the past course of the Orinoco river

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-244

  Schargel, Walter E ^a   Fuenmayor, Gilson Rivas ^b   Barros, Tito R ^c   Péfaur, Jaime E ^d   Navarrete, Luis F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^e UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Maracaibo Lake; Orinoco river; Pseudoeryx; Pseudoeryx plicatilis; Reptiles; Taxonomy; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DENTITION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SNAKE;

AMAZON RIVER; LAKE MARACAIBO; ORINOCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

COLUBRIDAE; PSEUDOERYX; PSEUDOERYX PLICATILIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 34547467285     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[236:ANASCP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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