Check List 11(5): e19374, doi: 10.15560/11.5.1775
New record of Boa constrictor occidentalis Philippi, 1873 (Serpentes: Boidae) in San Juan province, Argentina
Tomás A. Martínez‡, Melina J. Rodriguez Muñoz‡, Ana P. Galdeano‡, Juan Carlos Acosta‡‡ Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina
Corresponding author: Tomás Martínez ( tomas.agustin.martinez14@gmail.com ) © 2017 Tomás Martínez, Melina Rodriguez Muñoz, Ana Galdeano, Juan Acosta. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Martínez T, Galdeano A, Rodriguez Muñoz M, Acosta J (2015) New record of Boa constrictor occidentalis Philippi, 1873 (Serpentes: Boidae) in San Juan province, Argentina. Check List 11(5): 1775. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1775 |  |
Abstract
We document the first record of Boa constrictor in Valle Fértil department, San Juan province, Argentina. The specimen was collected and deposited in the herpetological collection of the Department of Biology, Universidad Nacional San Juan. This record extends the known distribution for this species in San Juan province by 105 km.
Keywords
Boa constrictor; Argentina; San Juan province; Chaco Occidental; distribution; snakes