Boid snake fossils from the Neogene of Southern Costa Rica

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Spencer G. Lucas · New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

Cristina Sequeira · Universidad de Costa Rica

Valentin Chesnel · Universidad de Costa Rica

Diego Rodríguez · Universidad Americana

Guillermo E. Alvarado · Universidad Americana

Thais D. Ramírez · Universidad Americana

Jesús Rodríguez Méndez

Abstract

Three dorsal vertebrae of boid snakes from the Upper Miocene deposits of southern Costa Rica are documented and tentatively assigned to Boa constrictor. These fossils represent the first described snake remains from Costa Rica and their earliest record from Central America north of Panama. Their presence supports the possibility of bidirectional snake dispersal between South and North America during the Late Miocene.

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Plant and animal studies Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Botany and Geology in Latin America and Caribbean

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Published in: Revista Geológica de América Central

Volume 72

DOI: 10.15517/rgac.2025.64924

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Boid snake fossils from the Neogene of Southern Costa Rica

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