Pseudalsophis thomasi ZAHER, YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ, RODRIGUES, GRABOSKI, MACHADO, ALTAMIRANO-BENAVIDES, BONATTO & GRAZZIOTIN, 2018
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Pseudalsophis thomasi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Pseudalsophis thomasi ZAHER, YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ, RODRIGUES, GRABOSKI, MACHADO, ALTAMIRANO-BENAVIDES, BONATTO & GRAZZIOTIN 2018 |
| Distribution | Galapagos Islands (Santiago = James, Rabida = Jervis), Ecuador Type locality: Rabida Island (00°24’04’’S, 90°42’28’’W) |
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| Types | Holotype: MECN (was DHMECN) 12694 (Field number 1073), an adult male, collected on 18 June 2008 (Fig. 5). Paratypes: (n=5) DHMECN 12696 (Field number 1071), a male from Santiago Island, collected in the vicinities of Puerto Egas (00°14’33’’N, 90°51’34’’W) on 17 June 2008; MZUSP 22557 (Field number 1065), a male from Santiago Island, collected in the vicinities of Puerto Egas (00°14’32’’N, 90°51’19’’W) on 17 June 2008; MZUSP 22558 (Field number 1070), a female from Santiago Island, collected in the vicinities of Puerto Egas (00°14’38’’N 90°51’25’’W) on 17 June 2008; DHMECN 12695 (Field number 1074), a female from Ráabida Island (00°23’58’’N, 90°42’23’’W), collected on 18 June 2008; MZUSP 22556 (Field number 1072), a female from Rábida Island (00°24’04’’N, 90°42028’’W), collected on 18 June 2008 |
| Diagnosis | DIAGNOSIS: A large insular species of Pseudalsophis that differs from all other species of the genus by the following unique combination of characters: ventral counts in females 215–228 and males 212–224; subcaudal counts in males 97–108 and females 94–108; base of the lobular crest on the lobular crotch only slightly expanded when compared with P. occidentalis and P. dorsalis. |
| Comment | Diet: one paratype regurgitated an adult female Microlophus jacobi |
| Etymology | Named after Robert A. Thomas (1946-) for expanding our knowledge of the systematics and taxonomy of New World snakes. |
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