Thamnodynastes longicauda
Thamnodynastes longicauda Franco, Ferreira, Marques & Sazima, 2003
Also calledJararaca-Falsa (por)
First described in: Franco, F.L.; Ferreira, T.G.; Marques, O.A.V. & Sazima, I. A new species of hood-displaying Thamnodynastes (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic forest in southeast Brazil.
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distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil, restricted to the southeastern portion of the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 356 A), at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 356 B). No detailed field data on habitat use are available for this species.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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Type locality. São LourenÇo da Serra, state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
description
Description — Holotype (Figures 1 – 3), adult male, snoutvent length 370 mm, tail length 204 mm, head length 16.2 mm. Body very slender, tail very long (55.1 % of SVL). Mass in life 15 g. Dorsal scales smooth lacking apical pits; dorsal scale rows 19 / 19 / 13; ventrals 142; cloacal scale divided; subcaudals 105, paired. Nasal single; internasals slightly wider than long and smaller than prefrontals; prefrontals a little wider than long; frontal pentagonal, longer than wide; loreal almost square; preoculars 2 and postoculars 2; temporals 2 + 3; supralabials 8 / 8, fourth and fifth in contact with eye; right infralabials 9, left ones 10; anterior and posterior mentals about same size. Eye prominent, pupil elliptical. Colour pattern — In life ground colour greyish yellow; discrete middorsal stripe composed by light brown blotches from head to midbody; rest of body with small light brown blotches and spots fading caudally. Series of 5 – 6 black blotches on forebody shown during defensive display (Figure 2). Tail greyish yellow to brownish orange with scattered light brown spots, its terminal portion slightly darker. Dorsum of head light brown with scattered darker spots. Light bro
A new species of hooddisplaying Thamnodynastes (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic forest in southeast Brazil
description
Thamnodynastes sp. 2 (colour photo of holotype) Marques et al., 2001: 152. Thamnodynastes sp. 4 (morphological characters) Franco and Ferreira, 2003: 57 – 74.
A new species of hooddisplaying Thamnodynastes (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic forest in southeast Brazil
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2454775.