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<journal-id>0065-1737</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta zoológica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Zool. Mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0065-1737</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ecología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0065-17372018000100214</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21829/azm.2018.3412109</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Nuevo registro al norte de Colombia de la serpiente alacranera, Stenorrhina degenhardtii Berthold 1846 (Squamata: Colubridae), con comentarios sobre su comportamiento defensivo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[New record in northern Colombia of the Scorpion-eating Snake Stenorrhina degenhardtii Berthold 1846 (Squamata: Colubridae), with comments on its defensive behavior.]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acuña-Vargas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio Cesar]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Yepes-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yoelis]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Karick Jotty]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[A.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de La Guajira Facultad de Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Guajira ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Cartagena Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cartagena ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2018</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0065-17372018000100214&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0065-17372018000100214&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0065-17372018000100214&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract A confirmed record of the Scorpion-eating Snake, Stenorrhina degenhardtii (Berthold 1846), is provided for the valleys between the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta and Serrania de Perija in the municipality of El Molino, department of La Guajira. This record extends the geographic distribution of this species in the Caribbean Region, Northeast of Colombia. The information presented herein contributes to the knowledge of S. degenhardtii natural history and reptile diversity in the department of La Guajira, Colombia.]]></p></abstract>
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