Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5202.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7293529 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287E8-FFDD-FFEC-FF4B-FDBFFB05E1A8 |
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Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020 |
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Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020
Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020 . Type locality: “Moka road (3.38844º, 8.65878º, 1296 m), Bioko Island , Equatorial Guinea ”.
Distribution. Endemic to Bioko.
Comments. This species is currently known from two female specimens. The first one was reported from Moka (3.35081º, 8.66254º) by Capocaccia (1961a) as Atheris squamigera (Hallowell, 1854) , but highlighting its singular morphological traits; this specimen represents the species’ paratype. The second one was recently reported and designated as the holotype of A. hetfieldi ( Ceríaco et al. 2020a) ( Map 37C View MAPS 37 ).
Specimens examined. No specimen of this taxon was found in the examined collections.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Atheris hetfieldi Ceríaco, Marques, Bauer, 2020
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