Atheris mabuensis Branch & Bayliss, 2009
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:0246FD5D-0A11-4E2F-9060-C95B173DD4AE |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5932233 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D7C4D01-FFCF-FFA7-BE8D-F8CDFB24A73F |
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Plazi |
scientific name |
Atheris mabuensis Branch & Bayliss, 2009 |
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Atheris mabuensis Branch & Bayliss, 2009 View in CoL
Zootaxa, 2113:44; Figs. 2–7 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 .
Holotype: PEM R17901; main forest camp, Mount Mabu (16°17’12”S, 36°24’14”E; 1000 m a.s.l.), Mozambique; local hunter, 20 October 2008. GoogleMaps
Paratypes (3): a) PEM R17902; same locality as holotype; T. Timberlake, 20 October 2008 GoogleMaps . b) PEM R17903; same locality as holotype; J. Bayliss, 20 October 2008 GoogleMaps . c) PEM R17904; Khara Forest (lower end on Manho Forest) (15°24’39.9”S, 37°02’16.5”E; 1550 m a.s.l.), Mount Namuli, Zambezia Province, Mozambique; C. Congdon, 20 November 2008 GoogleMaps .
Remarks. All specimens with a mid-ventral incision. One paratype (PEM R1902) is badly preserved with four ventral incisions. Menegon et al. (2014) provided genetic sequences for this species (see Table 2).
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Port Elizabeth Museum |
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