Check List 11(1): e19124, doi: 10.15560/11.1.1526
New records of Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers, 1977 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Caribbean region of northern Colombia
expand article infoFabio Leonardo Meza-Joya‡
‡ Colección Herpetológica and Laboratorio de Biología Reproductiva de Vertebrados, Grupo de Estudios en Biodiversidad, Escuela de Biología, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia, Colombia

Corresponding author: Fabio Meza-Joya ( fleonardo78@gmail.com )

© 2017 Fabio Meza-Joya.
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Citation: Meza-Joya F (2015) New records of Amphisbaena medemi Gans & Mathers, 1977 (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from the Caribbean region of northern Colombia. Check List 11(1): 1526. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.1.1526
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Abstract
This report extends the distribution range of Amphisbaena medemi to the southeast foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and western foothills of the Serranía del Perijá in La Guajira department, Colombia. These records offer a more detailed picture of the species’ distributional range along the Caribbean region of Colombia and represent the first observation of the species in a transitional zone between dry and moist tropical forest.
Keywords
Amphisbaena medemi; Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; Serranía del Perijá; dry tropical forest; moist tropical forest