Check List 8(1): 170-171, doi: 10.15560/8.1.170
Bothropoides neuwiedi (Wagler, 1824) (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae): distribution extension for the Atlantic Forest, first vouchered record for Paraíba, and geographic distribution map
expand article infoFrederico Gustavo Rodrigues França‡, Rafaela Cândido de França‡, Carlos Eduardo de Souza Germano‡, Jonas Matias de Oliveira Filho‡
‡ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brazil

Corresponding author: Frederico França ( fredericogrf@gmail.com )

© 2017 Frederico França, Rafaela França, Carlos Germano, Jonas Filho.
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Citation: França F, Germano C, França R, Filho J (2012) Bothropoides neuwiedi (Wagler, 1824) (Squamata: Serpentes: Viperidae): distribution extension for the Atlantic Forest, first vouchered record for Paraíba, and geographic distribution map. Check List 8(1): 170-171. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.1.170
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Abstract
Few records exist for Bothropoides neuwiedi in the northeast of Brazil. Herein, we report the first vouchered specimen for B. neuwiedi from Paraíba state, which represents the first record of the species in coastal Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil.
Keywords
Squamata; Serpentes; Viperidae; range extension; Paraíba; Brazil; Atlantic Forest