New records of the large-eyed green snake, Philothamnus macrops (Boulenger 1895), from Mozambique

dc.contributor.authorBranch, William R.
dc.contributor.authorVerburgt, Luke
dc.contributor.authorBayliss, Julian
dc.contributor.authorKucharzewski, Christoph
dc.contributor.authorRödel, Mark-Oliver
dc.contributor.authorConradie, Werner
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-28T14:56:42Z
dc.date.available2020-08-28T14:56:42Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-09
dc.description.abstractNorthern Mozambique is one of the most poorly known regions in south-eastern Africa and only in the last decade has it received attention through a series of multi-collaborative biodiversity surveys. These surveys have revealed numerous new species but also species hitherto unrecorded from Mozambique. One of these is the Large-eyed Green snake, Philothamnus macrops, which was previously restricted to Tanzania and south-eastern coastal Kenya. We present seven new records of P. macrops from northern and central Mozambique, the first collected as early as 1997. Additional material and genetic analysis confirmed the material to be P. macrops, which extend the species’ known range for more than 1000 km to the south. A historical overview of the species and its current known geographical distribution is also provided.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentZoology and Entomologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipCoastal Environmental Services (Moebase material), KEW/Darwin Initiative and FFI Mabu Forest Conservation Project (Mount Mabu specimens), Enviro-Insight (Palma specimen), Greg Carr, the Gorongosa Restoration Project, and the Prager Family (specimen from Coutada 12), and privately funded by JB (Mount Lico specimen).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.herpetologynotes.seh-herpetology.org/index.htmlen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBranch, W.R., Verburgt, L., Bayliss, J., et al. 2019, 'New records of the large-eyed green snake, Philothamnus macrops (Boulenger 1895), from Mozambique', Herpetology Notes, vol. 12, pp. 19-29.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2071-5773
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/75952
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSocietas Europaea Herpetologicaen_ZA
dc.rightsCopyright 2019 Societas Europaea Herpetologicaen_ZA
dc.subjectColubridaeen_ZA
dc.subjectMontaneen_ZA
dc.subjectCoastalen_ZA
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_ZA
dc.subjectMozambiqueen_ZA
dc.subjectLarge-eyed green snake (Philothamnus macrops)en_ZA
dc.titleNew records of the large-eyed green snake, Philothamnus macrops (Boulenger 1895), from Mozambiqueen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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