Check List 11(2): e19182, doi: 10.15560/11.2.1584
First record of Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845) (Squamata: Colubridae) from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 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) First record of Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845) (Squamata: Colubridae) from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, northern Colombia. Check List 11(2): 1584. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1584
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Abstract
The current work provides the first confirmed record of Ninia atrata in the northern foothills of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, La Guajira department, Colombia. This record extends the Colombian known species’ distribution ca. 320 km NW from the northernmost record and represents the first observation of the species in the Caribbean Region of Colombia.
Keywords
Ninia atrata; Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta; Caribbean region of Colombia; snake