Spirit Diminutive Snake
Psomophis genimaculatus (Boettger, 1885)
Also calledCobra-Cabelo (por) · Jararaca-Lançada (por) · Paraguayisk Silkejordsnog (dan)
First described in: Boettger, O. Liste von Reptilien und Batrachiern aus Paraguay.
Psomophis genimaculatus, also known commonly as the spirit diminutive snake, the spirit ground snake, and cobra-cabelo in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolívia, Brazil, and Paraguay (Plt. 344 A). In Brazil, recorded in the Pantanal and western portion of the Cerrado (Plt. 344 A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 344 B). Observed in the field in forest and open areas (Giraudo and Scrocchi, 2002; Sousa et al., 2010).
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2452662.