A new species of Dipsas (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from central Panama

By

Ray, Julie
Sánchez-Martínez, Paola María
Batista, Abel
Mulcahy, Daniel
Sheehy Iii, Coleman
Smith, Eric Nelson, 1969-
Pyron, Alex
Arteaga, Alejandro

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1145

Pages

131--167

Subjects

Dipsadini , Dipsas temporalis , new species , Phylogeny , snail-eating snake , systematics

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1145.96616

 

Abstract

A new species of Dipsas Laurenti, 1768, from Central Panama is described based on molecular analyses, hemipenial morphology, and external characters. This is the sixth species of Dipsas to be described for the country; the snake has been suspected to exist since 1977 and has not been thoroughly studied until now. Additionally, morphological comparations including scale counts are done with other species within the genus, and the current geographic distribution of Dipsas temporalis (Werner, 1909), the sister species, is updated. Finally, a key to the species of Dipsas currently known from Middle America is presented.