Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann

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Main Author: Dunn Emmett Reid
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 1944-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/32075
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description <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The snake species Coluber bicinctus Herrmann (1804, Obs. Zool. p. 276) has not previously been recorded from Colombia. A female measuring 785 mm., tail 195,was collected by my friend Paul H. Allen on Nov. 10, 1943, at Yurupari Falls, Vaupés River, Vaupés. It is now in the collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Herrmann's type was without locality, and Duméril and Bibron (Erp. Gen. 7, 1854, p. 716) first mentioned a definite locality, Surinam, whence they had material. It has since been given the range of the Guianas and Venezuela,</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"> so that its occurrence in Colombia was to have been expected.</span></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The snake species Coluber bicinctus Herrmann (1804, Obs. Zool. p. 276) has not previously been recorded from Colombia. A female measuring 785 mm., tail 195,was collected by my friend Paul H. Allen on Nov. 10, 1943, at Yurupari Falls, Vaupés River, Vaupés. It is now in the collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Herrmann's type was without locality, and Duméril and Bibron (Erp. Gen. 7, 1854, p. 716) first mentioned a definite locality, Surinam, whence they had material. It has since been given the range of the Guianas and Venezuela,</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"> so that its occurrence in Colombia was to have been expected.</span></p>
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spelling doaj-art-e0ae946cbf5e467bbbb27caa8a3245822025-08-20T03:10:54ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaCaldasia0366-52321944-09-010116970Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus HerrmannDunn Emmett Reid<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The snake species Coluber bicinctus Herrmann (1804, Obs. Zool. p. 276) has not previously been recorded from Colombia. A female measuring 785 mm., tail 195,was collected by my friend Paul H. Allen on Nov. 10, 1943, at Yurupari Falls, Vaupés River, Vaupés. It is now in the collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Herrmann's type was without locality, and Duméril and Bibron (Erp. Gen. 7, 1854, p. 716) first mentioned a definite locality, Surinam, whence they had material. It has since been given the range of the Guianas and Venezuela,</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"> so that its occurrence in Colombia was to have been expected.</span></p><br> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; line-height: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">The snake species Coluber bicinctus Herrmann (1804, Obs. Zool. p. 276) has not previously been recorded from Colombia. A female measuring 785 mm., tail 195,was collected by my friend Paul H. Allen on Nov. 10, 1943, at Yurupari Falls, Vaupés River, Vaupés. It is now in the collection of the Instituto de Ciencias Naturales. Herrmann's type was without locality, and Duméril and Bibron (Erp. Gen. 7, 1854, p. 716) first mentioned a definite locality, Surinam, whence they had material. It has since been given the range of the Guianas and Venezuela,</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: ";Arial";,";sans-serif";; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"> so that its occurrence in Colombia was to have been expected.</span></p>http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/32075Coluber bicinctus HerrmannserpienteVaupésConstrictor
spellingShingle Dunn Emmett Reid
Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann
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Coluber bicinctus Herrmann
serpiente
Vaupés
Constrictor
title Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann
title_full Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann
title_fullStr Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann
title_full_unstemmed Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann
title_short Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann Dugandia, a new snake genus for Coluber bicinctus Herrmann
title_sort dugandia a new snake genus for coluber bicinctus herrmann dugandia a new snake genus for coluber bicinctus herrmann
topic Coluber bicinctus Herrmann
serpiente
Vaupés
Constrictor
url http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/cal/article/view/32075
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