An Enigmatic New Snake from Cloud Forest of the Península de Paria, Venezuela (Colubridae: Genus Taeniophallus?)

Conservation status assessment of the amphibians and reptiles of Uruguay

“…Common names for amphibians followed ACHAVAL & OLMOS (2007). The nomenclature and systematics of reptiles followed CARREIRA et al (2005) with some modifications: the name for the genus Echinanthera Cope, 1894 is replaced by Taeniophallus Cope, 1895 (SCHARGEL et al, 2005) and Liophis miliaris semiaureus (Cope, 1862) is replaced by Liophis semiaureus (GIRAUDO et al, 2006). Common names for reptiles follow ACHAVAL & OLMOS (2007) and TIPTON (2005).…”

Cryptic Species Within the Dendrophidion vinitor Complex In Middle America (Serpentes: Colubridae)

“…This relationship is unclear given that simple sulci can be derived in several ways from distinct bifurcate morphologies (centripetal, centrolineal, or centrifugal), and hemipenes in colubrids may have sulci in any of these orientations (Cadle, 2010: 18-19; see also Myers, 2011: 22-24). Secondly, some genera (e.g., Dendrophidion, Leptodeira, Taeniophallus) have species with both divided and simple sulci spermatici on unilobed to slightly bilobed organs; see Schargel et al (2005, fig. 8) for an example from Taeniophallus and Myers (2011: 22-24) for Leptodeira.…”

Morfologia hemipeniana dos lagartos microteídeos e suas implicações nas relações filogenéticas da família Gymnophthalmidae (Teiioidea: Squamata)

“…A partir de então, diversos outros autores passaram a utilizar informações provenientes da morfologia do hemipênis de serpentes na caracterização de espécies (por exemplo, Myers, 1974;1986;Fernandes, 1995;Zaher, 1996;Schargel & Castoe, 2003;Schargel et al, 2005;Myers & Donnelly, 2001, entre vários outros) e como uma importante fonte de caracteres na adequação da sistemática do grupo em vários níveis (por exemplo, Dowling & Duellman, 1978;Jenner & Dowling, 1985;Cadle, 1984;Machado, 1993;Myers & Cadle, 1994;Zaher, 1999).…”