New record of Kinosternon scorpioides in Brazil increases its geo distribution - Case report

ABSTRACT.Viana D.C.

, Santos A.C.& Antunes R.

L.S.New record of Kinosternon scorpioides in Brazil increases its geo distribution - Case report.

[Novo registro de Kinosternon scorpioides no Brasil aumenta sua geodistribuição - Relato de caso.] Revista Brasileira de Medicina Veterinária, 37(4):386-388, 2015.Department of Anatomy of Domestic and Wild read more Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av.

Dr.Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, São Paulo SP, 05508-270.Brazil.

E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected] Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides is the only sub-species of K.

scorpioides with a distribution in South America.The click here register shows another new site for K.s.

scorpioides, in the municipality of Imperatriz MA Brazil and the first report in the meso-region of Western Maranhão, River Tocantins.The municipality lies in the south-western region of the state and is known as the gate to the Amazon region, corroborating the importance of K.s.

scorpioides inventories.

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