Thales De Lema's Tellurian Snake

discussion

Remarks. Holotype (265 mm SVL) with both prepared hemipenes kept inside cryotubes together with specimen.

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

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Holotype. Adult male, MNRJ 10052 (CRUPF 692), collected by Noeli Zanella on 30 January 2001 at Military Brigade Farm (28 ° 14 ' 30 " S, 52 ° 21 ' 27 " W [informed]; 687 m asl [informed]), Municipality of Passo Fundo, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Paratypes. CRUPF 172, CRUPF 405, CRUPF 801, MNRJ 10053 (formerly CRUPF 841), MNRJ 10054 (formerly CRUPF 861), MNRJ 10081 (formerly CRUPF 950) MNRJ 10082 (formerly CRUPF 717).

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

distribution

Distribution. Known from two records, in Brazil and Paraguay (Plt. 185 A). In Brazil, restricted to the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest, near its contact with the Araucaria Forest (Plt. 185 A), at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 185 B). No detailed field data on habitat use are available for this species.

Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna

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Type locality. Fazenda da Brigada Militar, Passo Fundo, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna