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Long known, brand new, and possibly threatened: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes; Xenodontinae) from the Tocantins- Araguaia River Basin, Brazil
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- 1. Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, 78060-900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. & Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, 50670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- 2. Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, PO Box 11.461, 05508- 090, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
- 3. Departamento de Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Professor Moraes Rego, 1235, Cidade Universitária, 50670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
- 4. Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, 78060-900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil. & Instituto Nacional de Áreas Úmidas, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 78060-900, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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Moraes-Da-Silva, Antonio, Amaro, Renata Cecília, Sales Nunes, Pedro M., Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut, Curcio, Felipe Franco (2021): Long known, brand new, and possibly threatened: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes; Xenodontinae) from the Tocantins- Araguaia River Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4903 (2): 217-241, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.3
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