Notes on distribution, variation and characterization of erythrolamprus pseudocorallus roze, 1959 (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the first records from Colombia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2045, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Curcio, Felipe Franco ^a   SáNchez Pacheco, Santiago J ^b,c   Mueses Cisneros, Jonh Jairo ^d   Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Conservatión Internacional Colombia ^*  (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Maracaibo false coral snake; New records; Range extension; South America

Indexed keywords

ANILIIDAE; ANTHOZOA; COLUBRIDAE; ERYTHROLAMPRUS; ERYTHROLAMPRUS AESCULAPII; SERPENTES;

EID: 64549099835     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2045.1.3     Document Type: Article

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