Caenophidian snakes include the file snake genus Acrochordus and advanced
colubroidean snakes that radiated mainly during the Neogene. Although caenophidian …

The functions of bright bands in coral and other snakes have long been a puzzle. The most
common opinion is that coral snakes display aposematic marks and that other red and black …

Despite the recent advances in the systematics of snakes, the diversity of several
Neotropical groups of species remains poorly understood. The lack of studies focused on …

Within the diverse subfamily Dipsadinae, Imantodini represents one of the few groups
distributed in North, Central and South America. The tribe comprises the genera Leptodeira …

We review the Atractus snethlageae species complex based on the examination of 330
specimens throughout its entire distribution, including its type series. We redefine A …

Galápagos snakes are among the least studied terrestrial vertebrates of the Archipelago.
Here, we provide a phylogenetic analysis and a time calibrated tree for the group, based on …

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the
first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 …

Although the recent advances on the relationship of its major groups, the systematics of the
rich fauna of Neotropical snakes is far from being a consensus. In this sense, derived groups …

The Neotropics harbour a spectacular amount of biodiversity, but many of these species
remain to be discovered and placed into the tree of life. In the neotropical snake genus …

Pantepui sl is a remote, biodiverse region of~ 400 000 km2 containing at least five endemic
reptile genera and a number of ancient vertebrate lineages. Here, we describe an additional …