Brazilian Slug-eating Snake
Dipsas mikanii Schlegel, 1837
Also calledCome-Lesma (por) · Dorme-Dorme (por) · Dormideira (por) · Dormideira-de-Jardim (por) · Dorminhoca (por) · Hvidhalset Sneglesnog (dan) · Jaracuçu-Dormideira (por) · Jararaca-Preguiçosa (por) · Papa-Lesma (por) · Urutuzinho-Pequeno (por) · Urutú-Péva (por)
First described in: Schlegel, H. Essai sur la physionomie des serpens. Partie Descriptive.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, mostly at the central portion of the South American open diagonal (Plt. 199 A). In Brazil, widespread in the Cerrado and its contacts with the Atlantic Forest, with marginal records in Chiquitano Dry Forest, Pantanal, Araucaria Forest and Pampas Grasslands, and isolated records in the Caatinga (Plt. 199 A), mostly at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 199 B). Observed in the field in open grasslands and savannas (Valdujo et al., 2009) and disturbed areas (Sousa et al., 2010), being abundant in urban areas of southeastern Brazil (Marques et al., 2009; Barbo et al., 2011).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Brazil. Restricted to southeastern Brazil by Peters (1960).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11309137.