Colubridae - 2008 Publications
Description of Phalotris sansebastiani
Jansen & Köhler (2008) described a new species of
the Xendontine genus Phalotris from the Departamento de Santa Cruz, in the eastern lowlands of
Bolivia. The species is differentiated from other species of the same genus
through its head pattern and aspects of body pattern and scalation. Although usually
inoffensive, at least one member of this genus, P. lemniscatus, has inflicted a
life-threatening bite on a herpetologist (Lema, 1978)
· Jansen, M & G. Köhler (2008) A new species of Phalotris from the eastern lowlands of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88: 103-110.
· Lema, T. de (1978) Relato de um envenenamento por uma cobra não venenosa. Natureza em Revista 4: 62-63.