A new four-pored Amphisbaena (Squamata: Amphisbaenidae) from northeastern Brazil

被引:9
作者
Felix Augusto De Almeida, Joao Paulo [1 ,2 ]
De Freitas, Marco Antonio [3 ]
Da Silva, Marcio Borba [4 ]
Costa Valverde, Maria Celeste [5 ]
Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut [6 ]
Fires, Adriano Moreira [7 ]
Mott, Tami [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Fed Alagoas, Setor Zool, Museu Hist Nat, Praca Afranio Jorge S-N, BR-57010020 Maceio, AL, Brazil
[2] Univ Fed Alagoas, Lab Biol Integrat, Inst Ciencias Biol & Saude, Av Lourival Melo Mota S-N, BR-57072970 Maceio, AL, Brazil
[3] ESEC Murici, Inst Chico Mendes Conservacao Biodiversidade ICMB, Rua Marino Vieira de Araujo 32, BR-57820000 Murici, AL, Brazil
[4] Univ Fed Bahia, Lab Zool, Inst Multidisciplinar Saude, Campus Anisio Teixeira,Rua Rio de Contas 58, BR-45055090 Vitoria Da Conquista, BA, Brazil
[5] Univ Estadual Feira de Santana, Dept Ciencias Biol, Museu Zool, Av Transnordestina S-N, BR-44036900 Feira De Santana, BA, Brazil
[6] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Rua Matao,Travessa 14,n321,Cidade Univ, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
[7] Ind Nucl Brasil, Unidade Caetite, Fazenda Cachoeira S-N, BR-46400000 Caetite, BA, Brazil
关键词
Bahia State; Espinhaco Mountain Range; 16S rRNA; Amphisbaena uroxena; REPTILES; REGION; STATE; LINNAEUS; CERRADO; BAHIA; KEY;
D O I
10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.8
中图分类号
Q95 [动物学];
学科分类号
071002 ;
摘要
A new species of Amphisbaena from the Espinhaco Mountain Range in Bahia State is described based on morphological and molecular data. Amphisbaena caetitensis sp nov. is a small four-pored amphisbaenian with 186-194 body annuli, 1012 tail annuli, 16 dorsal and 19-22 ventral segments on a midbody annulus and a strikingly distinctive tail tip. The most similar species is A. uroxena, but they can be distinguished by some morphological features besides the genetic divergence of 7.65% on the mitochondrial 16S rRNA.
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页码:553 / 562
页数:10
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