Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes and Bentim, 2007 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae): range extension and new state record

Nelson da Silva Jr.; Hélder da Silva; Breno Hamdan; Itamar Jr. Tonial; Carlos Cintra

doi:10.15560/8.4.813

Check List 8(4): 813-814, doi: 10.15560/8.4.813

Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes and Bentim, 2007 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae): range extension and new state record

Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr., Breno Hamdan, Itamar Jr. Tonial, Hélder Lúcio R. da Silva, Carlos Eduardo D. Cintra

Corresponding author: Nelson da Silva Jr. ( herp@terra.com.br )

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Citation: da Silva Jr. N, da Silva H, Hamdan B, Tonial I, Cintra C (2012) Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes and Bentim, 2007 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae): range extension and new state record. Check List 8(4): 813-814. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.4.813

Abstract

Two specimens of the poorly known Colubridae snake Hydrodynastes melanogigas were collected in the municipality of Carolina, southwestern state of Maranhão in gallery forests on the Tocantins River. These records represent the northernmost locality for the species.

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