New record of Kinosternon scorpioides in Brazil increases its geo distribution - Case report

Autor: Diego Carvalho Viana, Amilton Cesar dos Santos, Roberto Luiz dos Santos Antunes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Vol 37, Iss 4, Pp 386-388 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0100-2430
2527-2179
Popis: ABSTRACT. Viana D.C., Santos A.C. & Antunes R.L.S. New record of Kinosternon scorpioides in Brazil increases its geo distribution - Case report. [Novo registro de Kinosternon scorpioides no Brasil aumenta sua geodistribuição - Relato de caso.] Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(4):386-388, 2015. Department of Anatomy of Domestic and Wild Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, São Paulo SP, 05508-270. Brazil. E-mail: diego_carvalho_@hotmail.com/ diegoviana@usp.br Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides is the only sub-species of K. scorpioides with a distribution in South America. The register shows another new site for K. s. scorpioides, in the municipality of Imperatriz MA Brazil and the first report in the meso-region of Western Maranhão, River Tocantins. The municipality lies in the south-western region of the state and is known as the gate to the Amazon region, corroborating the importance of K. s. scorpioides inventories.
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