First record of Tantilla alticola (Boulenger, 1903) (Serpentes: Colubridae) in Cauca state, Colombia, filling distribution gap and notes on natural history

By

Vera-Pérez, Luis Enrique
Zúñiga-Baos, Jorge Alberto
Montingelli, Giovanna Gondim

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-2-17

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

1578--4

Subjects

Cauca , Hemipenis , Munchique , Snakes

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.2.1578

 

Abstract

Three specimens of Tantilla alticola were collected from sector El Cóndor, Parque Nacional Natural Munchique, municipality of El Tambo, Cauca state, Colombia representing the first record in this state and filling the species’ geographical distribution through the western slope of the western cordillera of the Colombian Andes.