A new species of blunt-headed vine snake (Colubridae, Imantodes) from the Chocó region of Ecuador

Abstract We describe a new species of Imantodes from the Chocó region of northwestern Ecuador. The new species differs most significantly from all other congeners in lacking a loreal scale. We analyze the phylogenetic relationships among species of Imantodes based on two mitochondrial genes, and postulate that the new species and Imantodes lentiferus are sister taxa. A key to the species of Imantodes from Ecuador is presented.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  ZooKeys

• Publication date

  2012-11-27

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3897/zookeys.244.3950PMID 23275746PMCID 3520105
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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