Hensel's Snake
Ditaxodon taeniatus (Peters, 1868)
Also calledCobra-Cipó-Marrom (por) · Cobra-Cipó-das-Árvores (por) · Cobra-de-Listras (por) · Corre-Campo (por) · Corredeira (por) · Parelheira-Listrada-do-Campo (por) · Лентовидный дитаксодон (rus) · Parelheira-listrada do campo (por)
Hensel's snake (Ditaxodon taeniatus) is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to southern Brazil, and it is monotypic in the genus Ditaxodon.
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distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 294 A). Known from few and scattered records, mostly in Araucaria Forest, and marginally in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest (Plt. 294 A), mostly at high elevations (Plt. 294 B). Observed in the field in montane grassland (Thomas et al., 2006).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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Type locality. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Possibly in error (Bérnils et al., 2008).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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Description
The neotype of D. taeniatus has a total length of 54.3 cm (21.4 in), which includes a tail length of 12.2 cm (4.8 in). The maximum recorded total lengths are 86.4 cm (34.0 in) for a female, and 70.7 cm (27.8 in) for a male.
Range & habitat
D. taeniatus is found in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and São Paulo.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2453215.