First record of Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Cauca state, Colombia and notes on natural history

Luis Enrique Vera Pérez; Jorge Alberto Zúñiga-Baos

doi:10.15560/11.6.1794

Check List 11(6): e19396, doi: 10.15560/11.6.1794

First record of Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Cauca state, Colombia and notes on natural history

Luis Enrique Vera-Pérez^‡, Jorge Alberto Zúñiga-Baos^‡

‡ Universidad del Cauca, Colombia

Corresponding author: Luis Enrique Vera-Pérez ( luchoveraperez@gmail.com )

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Citation: Vera Pérez L, Zúñiga-Baos J (2015) First record of Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in Cauca state, Colombia and notes on natural history. Check List 11(6): 1794. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.6.1794

Abstract

Urotheca dumerilli has been rediscovered after 44 years through a single specimen collected at sector El Cóndor, Parque Nacional Natural Munchique, municipality of El Tambo, Cauca State, Colombia. Herein we present the coloration in life and description of fully everted hemipenis of the species for first time, with notes on geographical distribution and natural history.

Keywords

snakes; Munchique; Cauca; endemic species; hemipenis