Distribution extension of Phimophis guerini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) in the Brazilian Amazon
| Autor: | Alfredo P. Santos-Jr, Ana Lúcia da Costa Prudente, Danilo Augusto Almeida-Santos, Isla C.M. Carmargo, Síria Ribeiro |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Reptilia Amazonian savanna Amazonian Biome Lialis Distribution (economics) Amniota 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Dipsadidae 03 medical and health sciences Gnathostomata lcsh:Zoology Squamata Branchiostoma capense Animalia Pará state lcsh:QL1-991 Chordata Vertebrata Craniata Serpentes biology Ymeria Reptiliomorpha Amazon rainforest business.industry Xenodontinae Cephalornis Forestry Vegetation biology.organism_classification morphological data 030104 developmental biology Habitat Pseudoboini Animal Science and Zoology business |
| Zdroj: | Zoologia (Curitiba), Vol 36, Iss, Pp 1-6 (2019) Zoologia (Curitiba), Volume: 36, Article number: e27645, Published: 22 JUL 2019 |
| ISSN: | 1984-4689 |
| Popis: | Phimophisguerini Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 is a Xenodontinae snake distributed in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. In Brazil, the species is broadly distributed, occurring mainly in open areas of the Cerrado, but also in the Amazon, Atlantic forest and Caatinga. We provide a new record for this species from the municipality of Santarém in the western portion of the state of Pará (Brazil). Five specimens were collected in a small area covered with Amazonian Savanna vegetation. We also provide the description of the morphological variation for the collected specimens. The new record extends the northern limit of the distribution by some 640 km (from Floresta Nacional de Carajás, Parauapebas municipality, eastern Pará). The record from Santarém provides a third locality for P.guerini within the Amazon biome and supports the hypothesis of a past ecological corridor linking the Cerrado and the open habitats within the Amazon. |
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