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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusPhalotris
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IUCN LC · Least concern

São Paulo Reticulated Collared Snake

Phalotris mertensi (Hoge, 1955)

Also calledCobra-Corá (por) · Coral (por) · Coral-Falsa (por) · Falsa-Coral (por)

First described in: Hoge, A. R. Eine neue Schlange der Gattung Elapomorphus aus Brasilien.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 268 A). Recorded in the southern portion of the Cerrado and its contact with the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 268 A), mostly at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 268 B). Observed in the field in seasonal forest, savanna, and disturbed areas (Sawaya et al., 2008; Barros et al., 2017).

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

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2452384.