Check List 16(3): 527-533, doi: 10.15560/16.3.527
Dipsas vermiculata Peters, 1960 (Squamata, Colubridae): first country record from Colombia, with description of its hemipenial morphology and comments on its distribution and diagnosis
expand article infoLuis Enrique Vera-Pérez‡
‡ Unaffiliated, La Plata, Colombia

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

Academic editor: Sebastian Lotzkat
© Luis Enrique Vera-Pérez.
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Citation: Vera-Pérez LE (2020) Dipsas vermiculata Peters, 1960 (Squamata, Colubridae): first country record from Colombia, with description of its hemipenial morphology and comments on its distribution and diagnosis. Check List 16(3): 527-533. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.527
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Abstract
The Vermiculate Snail-eater, Dipsas vermiculata Peters, 1960, is currently known only from the Amazon region of Ecuador and northern Peru. The present study provides the first record of this species from Colombia, extending its distribution northwards by, approximately, 251 km in a straight line from El Reventador, province of Napo, Ecuador. A detailed description of its fully everted hemipenis is also presented for the first time along with comments on its geographical distribution and identification.
Keywords
Alto Fragua Indi-Wasi, Caquetá, Dipsadinae, Ecuador, Peru