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Taxonomic status of Chironius multiventris and Chironius cochranae (Serpentes)
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2010-12Registro en:
Klaczko Julia; de Andrade Machado, Fabio; Scrocchi Manfrini, Gustavo Jose; Zaher, Hussam; Taxonomic status of Chironius multiventris and Chironius cochranae (Serpentes); Herpetologists League; Herpetologica; 66; 4; 12-2010; 476-484
0018-0831
CONICET Digital
CONICET
Autor
Klaczko Julia
de Andrade Machado, Fabio
Scrocchi Manfrini, Gustavo Jose
Zaher, Hussam
Resumen
Recently four subspecies of Chironius multiventris were recognized as valid distinct species: C. m. foveatus, C. m. multiventris, C. m. cochranae, and C. m. septentrionalis. Although C. foveatus and C. septentrionalis clearly deserve specific status, a re-evaluation of the characters pointed in the literature as diagnostic of C. multiventris and C. cochranae does not support their recognition as valid distinct taxa. Additionally, our analysis of the scutellation pattern, continuous characters, and hemipenial morphology of 34 specimens, and of the available data in literature, shows that there are no significant differences between them. We therefore suggest that C. cochranae should be synonymized with C. multiventris.