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Provedor de dados: | 42
País: | Brazil
Título: | A taxonomic bibliography of the South American snakes of the Crotalus durissus complex (Serpentes, Viperidae)
Autores: | VANZOLINI,PAULO E.; CALLEFFO,MYRIAM E.V.
Data: | 2002-03-01
Ano: | 2002
Palavras-chave: | Crotalus durissus; Viperidae; Geographical differentidation; Differentiation of the venom.
Resumo: | A survey is made of the taxonomic literature on South American rattlesnakes (genus Crotalus, family Viperidae). Two main areas are emphasized: the attribution of the names proposed in the eighteenth century by Linnaeus and Laurenti, and the current scheme of division in subspecies. The attribution of names is examined based on the original descriptions and on relevant previous and contemporary literature. The presently adopted scheme, proposed by Klauber (1941, 1972) is found not entirely satisfactory, but reasonable enough - besides being hallowed by use. The scheme of geographical differentiation, intrinsically important and with broad practical implications (differentiation of the venom) is found to be the culmination of a long series of deficient analyses, and in urgent need of proper investigation.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652002000100005
Editor: | Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Relação: | 10.1590/S0001-37652002000100005
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências  v.74 n.1 2002
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess