Dipsas vermiculata peters, 1960 (Squamata, colubridae): First country record from colombia, with description of its hemipenial morphology and comments on its distribution and diagnosis

Abstract

The Vermiculate Snail-eater Dipsas vermiculata Peters, 1960 is currently known only from the Amazon region of Ecuador and northern Peru. The present study provides the first record of this species from Colombia, extending its distribution northwards by, approximately, 251 km in a straight line from El Reventador, province of Napo, Ecuador. A detailed description of its fully everted hemipenis is also presented for the first time along with comments on its geographical distribution and identification.