The first country record of the Mexican Blind Snake, Anomalepis mexicanus Jan, 1860 (Serpentes, Anomalepididae), in Colombia

By

González-Carvajal, Juliett M.
Medina Rangel, Guido Fabian
Rojas-Murcia, Luis Eduardo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-11-9

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

14

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1047--1052

Subjects

Cantagallo , department of Bolívar , Distribution , Dry Forest , range extension , Serranía de San Lucas , South America

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/14.6.1047

 

Abstract

We report the first Colombian record of the Blind Snake Anomalepis mexicanus Jan, 1860, based on a single specimen from Cantagallo municipality, department of Bolívar. Our new record fills a large gap and extends this species’ geographical distribution by approximately 630 km in a straight line east-southeast from its nearest previously known Panamanian locality, and approximately 1295 km in a straight-line north-northeast from its nearest previously known Peruvian locality.