Helicops boitata
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Colubroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Helicops
Species: Helicops boitata
Name
editHelicops boitata Moraes-da-Silva, A., Amaro, Nunes, Strüssmann, Teixeira, Andrade, Sudré, Recoder, Rodrigues & Curcio, 2019: 450
- Holotype: UFMT-R 11940, adult ♂, collected by F.F. Curcio, M. Teixeira Jr., R. Recoder and V. Sudré on 1 May 2016.
- Type locality: “Transpantaneira Road (16°25’21.18’’S, 56°40’12.64’’W; 124 m above sea level), municipality of Poconé, Mato Grosso state, Brazil”.
References
editPrimary references
edit- Moraes-da-Silva, A., Amaro, R.C., Nunes, P.M.S., Strüssmann, C., Teixeira, M., Jr., Andrade Jr., A., Sudré, V., Recoder, R., Rodrigues, M.T. & Curcio, F.F. 2019. Chance, luck and a fortunate finding: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae), from the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands. Zootaxa 4651(3): 445–470. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.3.3 Reference page.