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CASE OF KYPHOSCOLIOSIS FOUND IN A WILD VIPER Bothrops ammodytoides (SERPENTES: VIPERIDAE) FROM THE CENTRAL ANDES OF ARGENTINA

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Several osteopathologies are frequently reported in lizards and turtles; however, few cases have been recorded in snakes, and even fewer in wildlife. Here, we report for the first time a case of kyphoscoliosis found in a specimen of Bothrops ammodytoides, a viper species endemic to Argentina, found in a ravine in the Central Andes of San Juan, Argentina. The pathology was confirmed through radiographic imaging, and it could be a malformation with a congenital origin.

Source: Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología

DOI: 10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.2.1202

Authors: Martina Feldman, Franco Valdez Ovallez, Yamila Méndez Osorio, Jeremías Luis Villafañe, Nicolás Emmanuel Damiani, Paola Andrea Carrasco, Rodrigo Gómez Alés

Institutions: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, National University of San Juan, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Language: English

Topic: Amphibian and Reptile Biology

Subfield: Global and Planetary Change

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4412837705

FWCI: 0.436

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