Adding missing vines to the tree: multilocus phylogeny of New World vine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae: Oxybelis), with description of a new species

Neotropical vine snakes (Oxybelis) have a wide distribution range from southern United States to southeastern Brazil. Notably, the widespread brown snake O. aeneus was recently split into eight species, but major geographical areas such as South American Pacific lowlands remained unsampled. In this paper, we present largest molecular phylogeny of Oxybelis date using six mitochondrial and nuclear genes 10 11 currently recognised species Oxybelis. Our analyses include first samples west Andes, which describe new based on morphological evidence. The is morphologically most similar acuminatus, aeneus, inkaterra. Although genetically distinctive divergent its congeners, phylogenetic placement received low support. results also suggest that sample Escudo de Veraguas Island in Panama represents an undescribed Finally, clarify position sensu stricto.https:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC4E3741-D9DF-4F6C-8D0F-9BD20CB124E5