FIRST RECORD OF BATESIAN MIMIC COLORATION REVERSAL IN THE REDBACK COFFEE SNAKE NINIA SEBAE (SQUAMATA: DIPSADIDAE)

Daniel Ariano Sánchez

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.956

FIRST RECORD OF BATESIAN MIMIC COLORATION REVERSAL IN THE REDBACK COFFEE SNAKE NINIA SEBAE (SQUAMATA: DIPSADIDAE)

Authors

Daniel Ariano Sánchez Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.956

Keywords:

Aposematism, pine-oak forest, degraded habitats, hyperpigmentation, phenotype

Abstract

I describe the first case of Batesian mimic coloration reversal in the redback coffee snake Ninia sebae. On October 26, 2021, one melanistic individual of N. sebae were found at the forest reserve within the central campus of Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala city, Guatemala. Se presenta una hipótesis de trabajo futuro sobre la evaluación de la pérdida de aposematismo en especies mímicas que habitan localidades en las que el modelo venenoso ha sufrido extinción local.

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Published

2024-05-21

How to Cite

Ariano Sánchez, D. (2024). FIRST RECORD OF BATESIAN MIMIC COLORATION REVERSAL IN THE REDBACK COFFEE SNAKE NINIA SEBAE (SQUAMATA: DIPSADIDAE). Revista Latinoamericana De Herpetología, 7(2), e956 (88 – 89). https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.2.956