First confirmed record of Atractus maculatus (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from the state of Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil
Author(s) -
Arthur Diesel Abegg,
Marco Antônio de Freitas,
Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/13.2.cl2080
Subject(s) - geography , range (aeronautics) , type locality , zoology , archaeology , fishery , biology , taxonomy (biology) , materials science , composite material
Atractus maculatus , classified as Data Deficient by the Brazil’s Ministerio do Meio Ambiente, is recorded from a sixth known locality. The specimen was collected in the municipality of Paudalho, state of Pernambuco, Brazil. This is the first confirmed record of A. maculatus from this state and extends this species’ distribution by 153 km northeast of previously known occurrences. A map shows the occurrences throughout the whole range of this species.
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