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A new species of cat-eyed snake (Serpentes: Dipsadinae: Leptodeirini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador

  • 1. Museo de Zoología, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Avenida 12 de Octubre 1076 y Roca, Apartado 17-01-2184, Quito, Ecuador. & omartorcar@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0041-9250 & omartorcar@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0041-9250
  • 2. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, A.A. 7495, Bogotá, Colombia. & juan.sanchezn13@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-1216 & Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, calle Rumipamba 341 y Av. de los Shyris, Casilla 17-07-8976, Quito, Ecuador. & juan.sanchezn13@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-1216 & valeposse_92@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-7554
  • 3. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, calle Rumipamba 341 y Av. de los Shyris, Casilla 17-07-8976, Quito, Ecuador. & juan.sanchezn13@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7971-1216 & valeposse_92@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-7554 & Laboratorio de Herpetología, Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Ecología y Gestión, Universidad del Azuay, Avenida 24 de mayo 7-77 y Hernán Malo, Apartado 01-01-981, Cuenca, Ecuador. & valeposse_92@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-7554 & elvisceli@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9825-7477
  • 4. Laboratorio de Herpetología, Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Ecología y Gestión, Universidad del Azuay, Avenida 24 de mayo 7-77 y Hernán Malo, Apartado 01-01-981, Cuenca, Ecuador. & valeposse_92@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-7554 & elvisceli@hotmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9825-7477
  • 5. Department of Herpetology, Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany. & C.Koch@leibniz-zfmk.de; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7115-2816

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Torres-Carvajal, Omar, Sánchez-Nivicela, Juan C., Posse, Valentina, Celi, Elvis, Koch, Claudia (2020): A new species of cat-eyed snake (Serpentes: Dipsadinae: Leptodeirini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador. Zootaxa 4895 (3): 357-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.3

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