First records of the snake Siphlophis leucocephalus (Günther, 1863) in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and a review of the geographic distribution of S. longicaudatus (Andersson, 1901) (Squamata: Dipsadidae) | Zendy

Hans Thomassen | Zendy; Henrique Caldeira Costa | Zendy; Adriano Lima Silveira | Zendy; Paulo Cristiano de Anchieta Garcia | Zendy; Renato Silveira Bérnils | Zendy

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First records of the snake Siphlophis leucocephalus (Günther, 1863) in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and a review of the geographic distribution of S. longicaudatus (Andersson, 1901) (Squamata: Dipsadidae)

Author(s) -

Hans Thomassen,

Henrique Caldeira Costa,

Adriano Lima Silveira,

Paulo Cristiano de Anchieta Garcia,

Renato Silveira Bérnils

Publication year - 2015

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/11.3.1637

Subject(s) - geography , squamata , ecotone , outcrop , atlantic forest , forestry , ecology , biology , habitat , paleontology

We report Siphlophis leucocephalus in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. This species is now known to occur in ombrophilous and semidecidual forests in the state of Bahia, and Cerrado gallery forests in Tocantins and Minas Gerais. We also review the distribution of S. longicaudatus, a species inhabiting dense ombrophilous forests, ecotones with mixed ombrophilous forests or semidecidual forests, and Cerrado rocky outcrops (campos rupestres). This species is recorded from the Brazilian states of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

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