Paraguay Green Racer
Philodryas nattereri (Steindachner, 1870)
Also calledCobra cipó verde (por) · Cobra-Cipó (por) · Corre-Campo (por) · Corredeira (por) · Paraguayisk Kratpilsnog (dan) · Surradeira (por) · Tabuleira (por) · cobra-do-mato (por) · ubiraquá (por)
First described in: Steindachner, F. Herpetologische Notizen (II).
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distribution
Distribution. Known from Brazil and Paraguay, along the northern part of the South American open diagonal (Plt. 303 A). In Brazil, widespread in the Cerrado, Caatinga, and Chiquitano Dry Forest, with marginal records in Amazonia (Plt. 303 A), mostly at intermediate elevations (Plt. 303 B). Observed in the field in savanna, grassland, dry vegetation, and disturbed areas (Carvalho and Nogueira, 1998; Carvalho and Vilar, 2005; Hartmann and Marques, 2005; Recoder and Nogueira, 2007; Loebmann and Haddad, 2010).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
Philodryas nattereri Steindachner 1870
Philodryas nattereri Steindachner, 1870 “Corre-campo, corredeira” (Figs. 17.4 and 30.1) It is distributed in all portions of the Caatinga. It was recorded in low and high altitude areas (sea level to 1,100 m elevation) and was abundant and widespread. It is also widely distributed in Cerrado and Pantanal (Marques et al. 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010, 2011), along most of the South American diagonal of open areas. It is distributed in all phytophysiognomies inside Caatinga, including cerrado enclaves. It seems to occur only marginally in forested habitats. It has semi-arboreal habits, is diurnal, and feeds on vertebrates (Vitt & Vangilder 1983; Marques et al. 2005; Guedes 2006).
Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2453479.