Apostolepis kikoi
Apostolepis kikoi · described by SANTOS, ENTIAUSPE-NETO, SILVA-ARAÚJO, SOUZA, LEMA, STRÜSSMANN & ALBUQUERQUE 2018
Fossil specimen.
Photo: (photos 2, by Marcos Di Bernardo) dos Santos FM, Entiauspe-Neto OM, Araújo JS, de Souza MB, de Lema T, Strussmann C, de Albuquerque NR (2018) A new species of burrowing snake (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Apostolepis) from the state of Mato Grosso, Central-West region of Brazil. Zoologia 35: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.35.e26742, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The facts
- Scientific name
- Apostolepis kikoi
- First described
- SANTOS, ENTIAUSPE-NETO, SILVA-ARAÚJO, SOUZA, LEMA, STRÜSSMANN & ALBUQUERQUE 2018
- Class
- Reptiles (Reptilia)
- Order
- Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
- Group
- Snakes (Serpentes)
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Apostolepis
Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.