Una notable nueva serpiente del género Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) del sur de la Hispaniola
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Se describe una nueva especie de Tropidophis del bosque seco del procurrente de Barahona, en el suroeste de la República Dominicana, en la isla caribeña de la Hispaniola. Allí, la nueva especie es parapátrica a T. haetianus, la única especie previamente conocida en la Hispaniola, pero exhibe notables diferencias en escamación (mucho mayor número de escamas ventrales), en otros rasgos estructurales morfológicos (proporción de cabeza y cuerpo) y en coloración y patrón dorsal y ventral (e.g., menos filas de manchas, y la cabeza y vientre sin patrón, etc.). La localidad de esta nueva especie yace en un área en donde varias especies de vertebrados han sido descubiertas recientemente, destacando la importancia del procurrente de Barahona como un punto caliente de biodiversidad. Sin embargo, esta región también permanece poco estudiada y en alto riesgo debido al cambio antropogénico en curso, lo que justifica mayores esfuerzos de conservación.
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islas del Caribe, boas enanas, entrampamiento de Barahona
Referencias
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Cochran, D. M. (1941). The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum.
Cocteau, J. T. & Bibron, G. (1843). Reptiles. In R. Sagra (Ed.) De la, Historia Física, Política y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. Segunda parte (pp. 1–142). Arthus Bertrand.
Curcio, F. F., Sales Nunes, P. M., Suzard Argolo, A. J., Skuk, G., & Trefaut Rodrigues, M. (2012). Taxonomy of the South American dwarf boas of the genus Tropidophis Bibron, 1840, with the description of two new species from the Atlantic forest (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). Herpetological Monographs, 2012(26), 80–121.
Díaz, L. M. & Cádiz, A. (2020). A new species of Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) and molecular phylogeny of the Cuban radiation of the genus. Novitates Caribaea, (16), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi16.222
Domínguez, M., Moreno, L. V., & Sánchez, M. (2005). Tropidophis wrighti (NCN). Size record. Herpetological Review, 36(2), 197.
Hedges, S. B. (2002). Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum [London], Zoology Series, 68(2), 83–90.
Hedges, S. B. (2022). CaribHerp. West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Retrieved August 4, 2022, from http://www.caribherp.org/
Hedges, S. B., Estrada, A. R., & Díaz, L. M. (1999). New snake (Tropidophis) from Western Cuba. Copeia, 1999(2), 376–381.
Hedges, S. B. & Garrido, O. H. (1992). A new species of Tropidophis from Cuba (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). Copeia, 3, 820–825. https://doi.org/10.2307/1446158
Hedges, S. B. & Garrido, O. H. (1999). A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology, 33(3), 436–441.
Hedges, S. B. & Garrido, O. H. (2002). A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from eastern Cuba. Journal of Herpetology, 36(2), 157–161.
Hedges, S. B., Hass, C. A., & Maugel, T. K. (1989). Physiological colour change in snakes. Journal of Herpetology, 23, 450–455.
Hedges, S. B., Powell, R., Henderson R. W., Hanson S., & Murphy J. C. (2019). Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology, 67, 1–53. https://doi.org/10.31611/ch.67
Henderson, R. W., Inchaustegui, S., & Landestoy T., M. A. (2021). Tropidophis haetianus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75606510A75608024. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T75606510A75608024.en
Henderson, R. W., Noeske-Hallin, T. A., Ottenwalder, J. A., & Schwartz, A. (1987). On the diet of the boa Epicrates striatus on Hispaniola, with notes on E. fordi and E. gracilis. Amphibia-Reptilia, 8(3), 251–258.
Henderson, R. W. & Powell, R. (2009). Natural history of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. University Press of Florida.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2022). Peltophryne armata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T172817035A172817040. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T172817035A172817040.en
Landestoy T., M. A., Reynolds, R. G., & Henderson, R. W. (2021). A small new arboreal species of West Indian boa (Boidae; Chilabothrus) from southern Hispaniola. Breviora, 571, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3099/MCZ67.1
Landestoy T., M. A., Schools, M., & Hedges, S. B. (2022). A new genus and species of Caribbean forest lizard (Diploglossidae; Celestinae) from southern Hispaniola. Zootaxa, 5219(3), 201–226. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5219.3.1
Landestoy T., M. A., Turner, D. B., Marion, A. B., & Hedges, S. B. (2018). A new species of Caribbean toad (Bufonidae, Peltophryne) from southern Hispaniola. Zootaxa, 4403(3), 523–539.
Lillywhite, H. B. & Henderson, R. W. (1993). Behavioral and functional ecology of arboreal snakes. In R. A. Seigel and J. T. Collins, (Eds.) Pp. 1–48. Snakes: ecology and behavior. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Inc.
Pizzatto, L., Almeida-Santos, S. M., & Shine, R. (2007). Life-history adaptations to arboreality in snakes. Ecology, 88, 359–366.
Rehak, I. (1987). Color change in the snake Tropidophis feicki (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropidophiidae). Vestník Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti zoologické, 51, 300–303.
Reynolds, R. G., Collar, D. C., Pasachnik, S. A., Niemiller, M. L., Puente-Rolón, A. R., & Revell, L. J. (2016). Ecological specialization and morphological diversification in Greater Antillean boas. Evolution, 70, 1882–1895.
Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M., Marrero, R., & Torres, J. (2016). An overview of the past, present, and future of the Cuban Boa, Chilabothrus angulifer (Squamata: Boidae): A top terrestrial predator on an oceanic island. Reptiles & Amphibians, 23(3), 152–168.
Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M., Saval, E. M., Navarro, R. A., Piggot, J. Q., Rodríguez-González, A. M., & Torres, J. (2021). Giant dwarfs: very large giant tropes Tropidophis melanurus (Squamata: Tropidophiidae), and new maximum size records for the species. Reptiles & Amphibians, 28(3), 404–410.
Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M. & Torres, J. (2020). New dietary records for three Cuban snakes in the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae), with comments on possible niche partitioning by Cuban tropes. Reptiles & Amphibians, 27(2), 201–208.
Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., Greene, H. W., Powell, R., & Henderson, R. W. (1996). Ecological patterns in Greater Antillean macrostomatan snake assemblages, with comments on body-size evolution in Epicrates (Boidae). Contributions to West Indian herpetology: a tribute to Albert Schwartz. Contributions to herpetology, 12, 339–357.
Rodríguez-Schettino, L., Mancina, C. A., & Rivalta-González, V. (2013). Reptiles of Cuba: checklist and geographic distributions. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service, 144, 1–98.
Schwartz, A. (1975). Variation in the Antillean boid snake Tropidophis haetianus Cope. Journal Herpetology, 9(3), 303–311.
Schwartz, A. (1978). Some aspects of the herpetogeography of the West Indies. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Special Publication, 13, 31–51.
Schwartz, A. (1980). The herpetogeography of Hispaniola, West Indies. Studies of the Fauna of Curaçao and Other Caribbean Islands, 189, 86–127.
Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R. W. (1991). Amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, distributions, and natural history. University of Florida Press.
Schwartz, A. & Marsh, R. J. (1960). A review of the pardalis-maculatus complex of the boid genus Tropidophis of the West Indies. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 123(2), 49–84.
Stull, O. G. (1928). A revision of the genus Tropidophis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Univiversity of Michigan, 195, 1–49 + 3 figs.
Tolson, P. J. (1987). Phylogenetics of the boid snake genus Epicrates and Caribbean vicariance theory. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan, 715, 1–68.
Uetz, P., Freed, P., & Hošek, J. (2022). The Reptile Database. Available: http://www. reptiledatabase.org, (accessed: august 4, 2022).
Viñola-López, L. W. & Almonte, J. N. (2022). Revision of the fossil land tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from Hispaniola with the description of a new species, Dominican Republic. Novitates Caribaea, (20), 11–29. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi20.302
Cochran, D. M. (1941). The herpetology of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum.
Cocteau, J. T. & Bibron, G. (1843). Reptiles. In R. Sagra (Ed.) De la, Historia Física, Política y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. Segunda parte (pp. 1–142). Arthus Bertrand.
Curcio, F. F., Sales Nunes, P. M., Suzard Argolo, A. J., Skuk, G., & Trefaut Rodrigues, M. (2012). Taxonomy of the South American dwarf boas of the genus Tropidophis Bibron, 1840, with the description of two new species from the Atlantic forest (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). Herpetological Monographs, 2012(26), 80–121.
Díaz, L. M. & Cádiz, A. (2020). A new species of Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) and molecular phylogeny of the Cuban radiation of the genus. Novitates Caribaea, (16), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi16.222
Domínguez, M., Moreno, L. V., & Sánchez, M. (2005). Tropidophis wrighti (NCN). Size record. Herpetological Review, 36(2), 197.
Hedges, S. B. (2002). Morphological variation and the definition of species in the snake genus Tropidophis (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum [London], Zoology Series, 68(2), 83–90.
Hedges, S. B. (2022). CaribHerp. West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Retrieved August 4, 2022, from http://www.caribherp.org/
Hedges, S. B., Estrada, A. R., & Díaz, L. M. (1999). New snake (Tropidophis) from Western Cuba. Copeia, 1999(2), 376–381.
Hedges, S. B. & Garrido, O. H. (1992). A new species of Tropidophis from Cuba (Serpentes: Tropidophiidae). Copeia, 3, 820–825. https://doi.org/10.2307/1446158
Hedges, S. B. & Garrido, O. H. (1999). A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from central Cuba. Journal of Herpetology, 33(3), 436–441.
Hedges, S. B. & Garrido, O. H. (2002). A new snake of the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae) from eastern Cuba. Journal of Herpetology, 36(2), 157–161.
Hedges, S. B., Hass, C. A., & Maugel, T. K. (1989). Physiological colour change in snakes. Journal of Herpetology, 23, 450–455.
Hedges, S. B., Powell, R., Henderson R. W., Hanson S., & Murphy J. C. (2019). Definition of the Caribbean Islands biogeographic region, with checklist and recommendations for standardized common names of amphibians and reptiles. Caribbean Herpetology, 67, 1–53. https://doi.org/10.31611/ch.67
Henderson, R. W., Inchaustegui, S., & Landestoy T., M. A. (2021). Tropidophis haetianus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T75606510A75608024. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T75606510A75608024.en
Henderson, R. W., Noeske-Hallin, T. A., Ottenwalder, J. A., & Schwartz, A. (1987). On the diet of the boa Epicrates striatus on Hispaniola, with notes on E. fordi and E. gracilis. Amphibia-Reptilia, 8(3), 251–258.
Henderson, R. W. & Powell, R. (2009). Natural history of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. University Press of Florida.
IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. (2022). Peltophryne armata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T172817035A172817040. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T172817035A172817040.en
Landestoy T., M. A., Reynolds, R. G., & Henderson, R. W. (2021). A small new arboreal species of West Indian boa (Boidae; Chilabothrus) from southern Hispaniola. Breviora, 571, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.3099/MCZ67.1
Landestoy T., M. A., Schools, M., & Hedges, S. B. (2022). A new genus and species of Caribbean forest lizard (Diploglossidae; Celestinae) from southern Hispaniola. Zootaxa, 5219(3), 201–226. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5219.3.1
Landestoy T., M. A., Turner, D. B., Marion, A. B., & Hedges, S. B. (2018). A new species of Caribbean toad (Bufonidae, Peltophryne) from southern Hispaniola. Zootaxa, 4403(3), 523–539.
Lillywhite, H. B. & Henderson, R. W. (1993). Behavioral and functional ecology of arboreal snakes. In R. A. Seigel and J. T. Collins, (Eds.) Pp. 1–48. Snakes: ecology and behavior. New York, NY: McGraw Hill Inc.
Pizzatto, L., Almeida-Santos, S. M., & Shine, R. (2007). Life-history adaptations to arboreality in snakes. Ecology, 88, 359–366.
Rehak, I. (1987). Color change in the snake Tropidophis feicki (Reptilia: Squamata: Tropidophiidae). Vestník Ceskoslovenské spolecnosti zoologické, 51, 300–303.
Reynolds, R. G., Collar, D. C., Pasachnik, S. A., Niemiller, M. L., Puente-Rolón, A. R., & Revell, L. J. (2016). Ecological specialization and morphological diversification in Greater Antillean boas. Evolution, 70, 1882–1895.
Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M., Marrero, R., & Torres, J. (2016). An overview of the past, present, and future of the Cuban Boa, Chilabothrus angulifer (Squamata: Boidae): A top terrestrial predator on an oceanic island. Reptiles & Amphibians, 23(3), 152–168.
Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M., Saval, E. M., Navarro, R. A., Piggot, J. Q., Rodríguez-González, A. M., & Torres, J. (2021). Giant dwarfs: very large giant tropes Tropidophis melanurus (Squamata: Tropidophiidae), and new maximum size records for the species. Reptiles & Amphibians, 28(3), 404–410.
Rodríguez-Cabrera, T. M. & Torres, J. (2020). New dietary records for three Cuban snakes in the genus Tropidophis (Tropidophiidae), with comments on possible niche partitioning by Cuban tropes. Reptiles & Amphibians, 27(2), 201–208.
Rodríguez-Robles, J. A., Greene, H. W., Powell, R., & Henderson, R. W. (1996). Ecological patterns in Greater Antillean macrostomatan snake assemblages, with comments on body-size evolution in Epicrates (Boidae). Contributions to West Indian herpetology: a tribute to Albert Schwartz. Contributions to herpetology, 12, 339–357.
Rodríguez-Schettino, L., Mancina, C. A., & Rivalta-González, V. (2013). Reptiles of Cuba: checklist and geographic distributions. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service, 144, 1–98.
Schwartz, A. (1975). Variation in the Antillean boid snake Tropidophis haetianus Cope. Journal Herpetology, 9(3), 303–311.
Schwartz, A. (1978). Some aspects of the herpetogeography of the West Indies. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Special Publication, 13, 31–51.
Schwartz, A. (1980). The herpetogeography of Hispaniola, West Indies. Studies of the Fauna of Curaçao and Other Caribbean Islands, 189, 86–127.
Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R. W. (1991). Amphibians and reptiles of the West Indies. Descriptions, distributions, and natural history. University of Florida Press.
Schwartz, A. & Marsh, R. J. (1960). A review of the pardalis-maculatus complex of the boid genus Tropidophis of the West Indies. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 123(2), 49–84.
Stull, O. G. (1928). A revision of the genus Tropidophis. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Univiversity of Michigan, 195, 1–49 + 3 figs.
Tolson, P. J. (1987). Phylogenetics of the boid snake genus Epicrates and Caribbean vicariance theory. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan, 715, 1–68.
Uetz, P., Freed, P., & Hošek, J. (2022). The Reptile Database. Available: http://www. reptiledatabase.org, (accessed: august 4, 2022).
Viñola-López, L. W. & Almonte, J. N. (2022). Revision of the fossil land tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from Hispaniola with the description of a new species, Dominican Republic. Novitates Caribaea, (20), 11–29. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi20.302
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Landestoy T., M. A. (2023). Una notable nueva serpiente del género Tropidophis (Squamata: Tropidophiidae) del sur de la Hispaniola. Novitates Caribaea, (21), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.33800/nc.vi21.323
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