Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence: on the taxonomic identity of Phalotris cerradensis Silveira, 2020

Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto; Arthur Tiutenko; Weverton Dos Santos Azevedo; Arthur Diesel Abegg

doi:10.35929/RSZ.0034

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23 April 2021 Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence: on the taxonomic identity of Phalotris cerradensis Silveira, 2020

Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto, Arthur Tiutenko, Weverton Dos Santos Azevedo, Arthur Diesel Abegg

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Revue suisse de Zoologie, 128(1):53-60 (2021). https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0034

Abstract

Phalotris Cope, 1862 is a fossorial dipsadid snake genus that encompasses 15 species, distributed mainly in open areas from Northeastern Brazil to Southern Argentina. Some of its species are known from small series, and there is little to no knowledge on their morphological variation and species delimitations. In this work, we analyze the taxonomic status of Phalotris cerradensisSilveira, 2020, a recently described species known from a single specimen, and provide evidence for its synonymy with Phalotris concolorFerrarezzi, 1993.

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Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto, Arthur Tiutenko, Weverton Dos Santos Azevedo, and Arthur Diesel Abegg "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence: on the taxonomic identity of Phalotris cerradensis Silveira, 2020," Revue suisse de Zoologie 128(1), 53-60, (23 April 2021). https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0034

Accepted: 11 November 2020; Published: 23 April 2021

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