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Galvarinus chilensis
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Chilean Slender Snake

Galvarinus chilensis (Schlegel, 1837)

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
Chile (Antofagasta, Cachapoal, Talca), Argentina (Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro)
Also published as
Coronella chilensis Schlegel, 1837; Tachymenis peruviana var. catenata Werner, 1898; Tachymenis peruviana var. coronellina Werner, 1898
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Galvarinus chilensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

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References

  • Valenzuela-Dellarossa, G., & Herman Núñez, C. H. a. J. C. O. (2010). Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae, Tachymenis Wiegmann, 1836: Latitudinal and altitudinal distribution extension in Chile. Check List 6 (1): 005-006.
  • Arzamendia, V., Bellini, G. P., Ulibarrie, A. A., & Giraudo, A. R. (2026). Fighting biodiversity loss in the Anthropocene: the INALI snake collection as a key resource for natural history in the Global South. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147(1), Blaf132.
  • Demangel, & Diego. (2016). Guía de Campo - Reptiles del centro sure de Chile. Corporación Chilena de La Madera, Concepción, Chile 187 Pp.
  • Trevine, V. C., Grazziotin, F. G., Giraudo, A., Sallesbery‐Pinchera, N., Vianna, J. A., & Zaher, H. (2022). The systematics of Tachymenini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): An updated classification based on molecular and morphological evidence. Zoologica Scripta.
  • Castro-Pastene, Carlos; Héctor Carrasco & Jaime Troncoso-Palacios. (2015). Lagartijas y serpientes del Parque Nacional Radal Siete Tazas. Boletín Chileno de Herpetología 2: 12-16.
  • Walker, W. F. (1945). A Study of the Snake, Tachymenis peruviana Wiegmann AND ITS Allies. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 96: 1-56.

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