Forest Flame Snake
Oxyrhopus petolarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledBåndet Calicosnog (dan) · Cobra-Coral (por) · Cobra-Coral-Falsa (por) · Cobra-Preta (por) · Colubro fiamma di foresta (ita) · Coral (por) · Coral-Falsa (por) · Coralillo falso (spa) · Culebra-encendida de Cálico (spa) · Falsa Coral de Calico (spa) · Falsa-Coral (por) · Falsa-Coral-Preta (por) · Faux corail (fra) · Limpa-Campo (por)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
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distribution
Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guiana, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Plt. 321 A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia, Atlantic Forest, and Cerrado, with marginal occurrences in Caatinga, Araucaria Forest, Guianan savannas, Chiquitano Dry Forest, and Pantanal (Plt. 321 A) at low to high elevations (Plt. 321 B). Observed in the field in open areas, savanna, forest, and disturbed areas (Cunha and Nascimento, 1993, 1983 b; Valdujo and Nogueira, 2001; Argôlo, 2004; Bernarde and Abe, 2006).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
Oxyrhopus petolarius (Linnaeus 1758) Linnaeus 1758
Oxyrhopus petolarius (Linnaeus, 1758) “Falsa-coral” (Figs. 16.6 and 29.2) First record in the Caatinga. It was recorded in the states of Paraíba, Bahia, and Minas Gerais. Occurs in highlands and contact areas with the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest region. Inhabits mostly areas between 250 and 618 m elevation. Its is a widespread snake along the Atlantic Forest, Amazon Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal (Cunha & Nascimento 1978; Martins & Oliveira 1998; Marques et al. 2001, 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). Inside Caatinga, it appears to be found in moist relictual forest in highlands and bush and arboreal caatinga, with Atlantic Forest influence, in agreste. The species has terrestrial habits, is nocturnal, and feeds mammals and lizards (Marques et al. 2001, 2005).
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 2454989.