Troschel's Pampas Snake
Phimophis guianensis (Troschel, 1848)
Also calledBicuda (por) · Couresse spatulée (fra) · Nordlig Skovlnæsesnog (dan) · Phimophide guyanais (fra) · Phimophide guyanais (Le) (fra) · Гвианский фимофис (rus)
First described in: Troschel, F. H. Amphibien. In: M.R. Schomburgk. Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. Im Auftrage Sr. Majestät des Königs von Preussen ausgeführt. Theil 3. Versuch einer Zusammenstellung der Fauna und Flora von British-Guiana.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela (Plt. 327 A). In Brazil, recorded in Amazonia, north of the Amazon River, and in Guianan savannas (Plt. 327 A), at low elevations (Plt. 327 B). Observed in the field in savanna and open areas (Rueda-Solano and Castellanos-Barliza, 2010; Swanson, 1945).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Savannah near Pirara, Guyana (fide Kornacker, 1999).
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 2452708.