Helicops apiaka
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Helicops
Species: Helicops apiaka
Name
edit- Helicops apiaka Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ávila & Morais, 2013
- Holotype: UFMT-R 8512, adult male, collected on 27 October 2009 by Carolina L. Cavlac.
- Type locality: Left margin (downstream) of the Teles Pires River (9°27’04.30’’S; 56°30’51.9’’W, datum SAD 69), municipality of Paranaíta, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil.
- Etymology: Named after the Apiaká ethnic group, which inhabits the northern region of the Mato Grosso State, Brazil.
References
edit- Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ricardo Alexandre; Robson Waldemar Ávila, and Drausio Honorio Morais, 2013: A New Snake of the Genus Helicops Wagler, 1830 (Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae) from Brazil. Herpetologica, 69(1): 80–90. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00013.