The Great Plains Ratsnake, Pantherophis emoryi Baird & Girard, 1853, (Squamata: Colubridae), a new state record from Aguascalientes, México

Autor: Gustavo Quintero-Díaz, Armando Cardona-Arceo, Rubén Carbajal-Márquez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Check List, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 1-16 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1809-127X
DOI: 10.15560/12.3.1903
Popis: We report an adult male specimen of the snake Pantherophis emoryi from xerophytic scrub habitat in the Municipality of Real de Asientos, Aguascalientes, México. This specimen represents the first state record of P. emoryi from Aguascalientes and extends the known distribution of the species 107 km in a straight line west-northwest from the nearest previous record. Our specimen was found in habitat that is under heavy agricultural pressure, and recently, threatened by mining. This may indicate that other Chihuahuan Desert taxa may be found in this area.
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