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Revista de Biología Tropical

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Rev. biol. trop vol.48 n.4 San José Dec. 2000

 

Ampliaciones de ámbito / Range extension
The blind snake Leptotyphlops goudotti (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae), in
Murciélagos Islands, Costa Rica.
 

Received:8-XII-99 Corrected: 5-VI-00 Accepted:16-VI-00


The blind snake Leptotyphlops goudotti inhabit the dryforests of northwestern Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica, but has not been reported in the insular area of this region. In may 1999, an adult specimen was collected in San José Island (Murciélagos Islands 10 51' N, 85 55' W), in the Peninsula of Santa Elena in Guanacaste province. The specimen was deposited in the University of Costa Rica Museum of Zoology (UCR-14125). We thank to Federico Bolaños, Gerardo Chaves and Federico Valverde for the facilities in the Museum of Zoology of the University of Costa Rica.

References: Peters, J. A. & B. Orejas-MIranda. 1970,. Catalogue of the
Neotropical Squamata. Part. I. Snakes. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 297: 1-347.
Savage, J. M. & J. Villa. 1986. An introduction of the Herpetofauna of Costa Rica. Soc. Stud. Amph. Rept. Contrib. Herpetol. 3.

Alberto León-Soler1 y Alejandro Solórzano2
1 Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología
(CIMAR), Universidad de Costa Rica, 2060 san José, Costa Rica.
E-mail: aleonso@racsa.co.cr
2 Serpentario Nacional, P.O. Box 2157-1002, San José, Costa Rica,
Fax: (506) 233-5520, E-mail: asolorz@racsa.co.cr
 
 

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