First record of the goo-eater snake, Geophis nigroalbus Boulenger, 1908 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), in the Magdalena Valley, Cordillera Oriental of Colombia

Daniela García-Cobos; Alejandro Corrales-García; Gladys Cárdenas-Arévalo; Azarys Paternina-Hernández; Andrés Rymel Acosta-Galvis

doi:10.15560/16.1.115

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First record of the goo-eater snake, Geophis nigroalbus Boulenger, 1908 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), in the Magdalena Valley, Cordillera Oriental of Colombia

Daniela García-Cobos,
Alejandro Corrales-García,
Gladys Cárdenas-Arévalo,
Azarys Paternina-Hernández,
Andrés Rymel Acosta-Galvis

Affiliations

Daniela García-Cobos: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt
Alejandro Corrales-García: Universidad de los Andes
Gladys Cárdenas-Arévalo: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Azarys Paternina-Hernández: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
Andrés Rymel Acosta-Galvis: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.1.115
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 1
pp. 115 – 119

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Geophis nigroalbus Boulenger, 1908 is a fossorial and secretive colubrid snake endemic to the western Andes of Colombia. Here we report this species for the first time in the Cordillera Oriental in Middle Magdalena Valley. We expand the known distribution of G. nigroalbus 183 km east of its original range.

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ISSN: 1809-127X (Online)
Publisher: Pensoft Publishers
Country of publisher: Bulgaria
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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