Description of a new and critically endangered species of Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, with an overview of the country's tree viper fauna

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作者：

Menegon, Michele ^{[1
,2
]}

Davenport, Tim R. B. ^{[3
]}

Howell, Kim M. ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Museo Sci, Trop Biodivers Sect, I-38100 Trento, Italy

[2] Manchester Metropolitan Univ, Dept Environm & Geog Sci, Manchester M15 6BH, Lancs, England

[3] Wildlife Conservat Soc WCS, Zanzibar, Tanzania

[4] Univ Dar Es Salaam, Dept Zool & Wildlife Conservat, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

来源：

ZOOTAXA | 2011年 / 3120期

关键词：

Viperidae; Atheris; new species; Southern Highlands; Tanzania; Conservation; GENUS;

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中图分类号：

Q95 [动物学];

学科分类号：

071002 ;

摘要：

A new species of arboreal forest viper (Serpentes: Viperidae: Atheris) from a forest fragment in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania is described and named Atheris matildae sp. nov. The species resembles the forest horned viper, Atheris ceratophora Werner, by bearing horn-like supraciliary scales but it differs in size, body proportions, scalation, scale ultrastructure, and distribution. Genetic divergence is also assessed and the two species have an estimated divergence time of approximately 2.2 million years. An overview of the genus Atheris in Tanzania, including new distribution data, is presented and the conservation status of the new taxon is discussed.

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页码：43 / 54

页数：12