MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN THE ENDEMIC COLOMBIAN WATER SNAKE, HELICOPS DANIELI AMARAL, 1937 (SERPENTES: XENODONTIDAE)
Vol. 26 No. 101 (2002), Natural Sciences
Vol. 26 No. 101 (2002)

MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN THE ENDEMIC COLOMBIAN WATER SNAKE, HELICOPS DANIELI AMARAL, 1937 (SERPENTES: XENODONTIDAE)

Natural Sciences
https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.26(101).2002.2702
Published 2024-08-03
Douglas A. Rossman
Curator Emeritus, Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA; Research Associate, Departmenl of Biology, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa 52101 , USA (mailing address); and Research Associate, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, USA.
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A. Rossman, D. (2024). MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN THE ENDEMIC COLOMBIAN WATER SNAKE, HELICOPS DANIELI AMARAL, 1937 (SERPENTES: XENODONTIDAE). Revista De La Academia Colombiana De Ciencias Exactas, Físicas Y Naturales, 26(101), 589–594. https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.26(101).2002.2702
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Abstract

Variation in color pattern, as web as meristic and mensura! characters, is based on 45 specimens of this previously little-known endemic Colombian watersnake.

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Colombia | Helicups danieli | Variation | Xenodontidae
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