A new snake of the genus hydrops from colombia

While in Popayán recently Mr. F. C. Lehmann showed me the snakes in his care in the collection of the University of Cauca. Among them was a Hydrops which was taken in swampy terrain in the vicinity of the city (1760 m.) As Hydrops was supposed to be confined to the area east of the Andes this was qu...

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Autores:
Dunn, Emmett Reid
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
1944
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/42448
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/42448
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/32545/
Palabra clave:
Ciencias Naturales
Biología
Plantas
animales
Historia Natural
Paleobotánica
Paleozoología
Snake
Hydrops
Hydrops lehmanni
Snake
Hydrops
Hydrops lehmanni
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:While in Popayán recently Mr. F. C. Lehmann showed me the snakes in his care in the collection of the University of Cauca. Among them was a Hydrops which was taken in swampy terrain in the vicinity of the city (1760 m.) As Hydrops was supposed to be confined to the area east of the Andes this was quite a surprise. The species seems to be undescribed and may be called: Hydrops lehmanni sp. nov.