Baron's Green Racer
Philodryas baroni Berg, 1895
Also calledCulebra verde ñata (spa) · Langnasen Strauchnatter (deu) · Langnasen-Strauchnatter (deu) · Spidssnudet Kratpilsnog (dan) · užovka růžkatá (ces) · Аргентинский филодриас (rus) · Длинноносый филодриас (rus)
First described in: Berg, C. Dos reptiles neuvos descritos.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
A roadkill individual (Fig. 20) was collected (CZPLT-H 2473) c. 5.5 km east of Buena Vista 2 at (22 ° 36 ’ 20.5 ” S 59 ° 38 ’ 25.5 ” W), Presidente Hayes department on 29 February 2024. It is the only member of the genus with a distinctive upturned nose (Cacciali 2024). It is the first record of this Chaco endemic species in Paraguay outside of Boquerón department (Cacciali et al., 2016 b). The species is considered to be of “ Least Concern ” in Paraguay, however there are very few documented records of the species in the country (Martínez et al., 2020 c).
Twenty-eight new and significant departmental reptile records for Paraguay
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2453522.