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Chironius dracomaris

Chironius dracomaris Sudré, Andrade-Junior, Folly, Azevedo, Ávila, Curcio, Sales Nunes & Passos, 2024

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Brazil (Ceará)
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References

  • PASSOS, P., RODRIGUES, R., PINNA, P. H., WOITOVICZ-CARDOSO, M. A. N. O. E. L. A., FERNANDES, R., & CARAMASCHI, U. (2025). Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Zootaxa 5698(1): 1-91.
  • Arruda, M. O., da Costa, F. R. F., Sudre, V., & Gonzalez, R. C. (2024). Predation of Pristimantis relictus by Chironius dracomaris in the Baturite Massif, state of Ceara, Brazil. Herpetology Notes 17: 441-444.
  • Sudré V, Andrade-Junior A, Folly M, Azevedo JAR, Ávila RW, Curcio FF, Nunes PMS, & Passos P. (2024). Revision of the Chironius bicarinatus complex (Serpentes: Colubridae): Redefined species boundaries and description of a new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74: 85-120.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.