Methods
A blood sample was collected from a healthy adult male Clelia clelia (voucher specimen UNP-S 061), which is currently kept alive at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede de La Paz. The specimen was collected at Finca La Palestina, vereda caño Padilla, Corregimiento de Media Luna, municipality of San Diego, Cesar (Colombia). Elevation: 672 m.a.s.l.; Latitude 10,27181Nº; Longitude -73,09733Wº.
Data availability
Funding
Funding was provided by Iridian Genomes, grant# IRGEN_RG_2021-1345 Genomic Studies of Eukaryotic Taxa.
Acknowledgments
Isabela Serna Chavarría (UDES) assisted in obtaining the blood sample for DNA. Fieldwork was performed under the scientific research permit for collection of wild specimens of biological diversity for non-commercial purpose issued by the Colombian Ministry of Environment and Sustainable development by agreement 00698 (5 April 2023). This study was conducted following the Colombian animal welfare law and the collection of wild specimens of the biological diversity acts (Ley 1774, 2016; Decreto 1376, 2013), as well as considering the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) endorsed by Colombia in 2007. The sample was exported for sequencing under export permit No. 48160 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia.
Photo
Photo taken by Vicente Lopez.