CONFIRMATION OF Hydrodynastes gigas (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854) IN URUGUAY (SQUAMATA, COLUBRIDAE, DIPSADINAE)
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https://doi.org/10.26462/31.1.6Keywords:
Hydrodynastes gigas, Ñacaniná, distribution, UruguayAbstract
In this note we reported a Hydrodynastes gigas specimen captured in the year 2006, in Bella Unión, Artigas department. This is the second record in the country and makes it possible to confirm the presence in Uruguay.
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