Accurate and detailed species distribution maps are fundamental for documenting and
interpreting biological diversity. For snakes, an ecologically diverse group of reptiles …

The present study is a synthesis on snake diversity and distribution in the Caatinga region of
northeastern Brazil, providing an updated species list and data on natural history and …

Guyana has a very distinctive herpetofauna. In this first ever detailed modern accounting,
based on voucher specimens, we document the presence of 324 species of amphibians and …

We here present a thorough documentation of the vertebral morphology and intracolumnar
variation across non-caenophidian snakes. Our studied sample of multiple individuals …

Snakes represent one of the most successful vertebrates groups with a global radiation of∼
4000 extant species (McDiarmid et al., 1999, Uetz et al., 2021). Recent advances in …

We describe a new species of Epictia based on eight specimens from Nicaragua collected
and housed in the collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna for more than a century …

The systematics of Leptotyphlopidae is historically controversial mostly due to their
conserved external morphology in comparison with other snakes. However, recent studies …

The threadsnakes of the family Leptotyphlopidae have been historically neglected in terms
of their natural history, ecology, systematics, and morphology. Given the relevance of …

Traditionally considered the earliest-diverging group of snakes, scolecophidians are central
to major evolutionary paradigms regarding squamate feeding mechanisms and the …

The wormsnakes Leptotyphlopidae include the smallest and thinnest snakes of the world.
This group has historically few taxonomic studies and the descriptions of taxa in general are …