The first record of snakes on the Canary Islands: a vertebra from the Upper Miocene of Lanzarote

Authors
Barahona, F Rage, JC Garcia-Talavera, F
Citation
F. Barahona et al., The first record of snakes on the Canary Islands: a vertebra from the Upper Miocene of Lanzarote, AMPHIB-REPT, 19(4), 1998, pp. 419-425
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
AMPHIBIA-REPTILIA
ISSN journal
01735373 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
419 - 425
Database
ISI
SICI code
0173-5373(199811)19:4<419:TFROSO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The Upper Miocene fossil site of Orzola in Lanzarote (Canary islands) has p roduced an isolated snake vertebra attributable to the Boidae. This is the first report of a snake, either fossil or living, from these islands, which provides further evidence of a greater faunal diversity in the past.