Ampliación de ámbito de la serpiente Agkistrodon bilineatus (Serpentes: Viperidae), en el Sureste de Honduras

Ampliación de ámbito de la serpiente Agkistrodon bilineatus (Serpentes: Viperidae), en el Sureste de Honduras

Authors

  • Julio Enrique Mérida
  • Gustavo Adolfo Cruz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v4i1.132

Abstract

Agkistrodon bilineatus was known to occur in Honduras in four localities in the departments of Choluteca, Valle and Copan. Here we add Orealí (El Paraiso), near the “Yuscarán Biological Reserve.” Previous surveys suggested that this species was absent from the Honduras Pacific. These specimens are assigned to the subspecies Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi based on scales and tail length.

KEY WORDS

Water Moccasin, cliff, Agkistrodon bilineatus howardgloydi, Honduras, Yuscarán Biological Reserve.

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Published

2012-06-01

How to Cite

Mérida, J. E., & Cruz, G. A. (2012). Ampliación de ámbito de la serpiente Agkistrodon bilineatus (Serpentes: Viperidae), en el Sureste de Honduras. UNED Research Journal, 4(1), 41–43. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v4i1.132

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