Tropical Forest Snake
Calamodontophis paucidens (Amaral, 1936)
Also calledCobra-Espada-Xadrez (por) · Cobra-Espada-dos-Pampas (por) · Falsa-Cobra-Espada (por)
First described in: Amaral, & Do, A. Contribuicao ao cohecimento dos ophidos do Brasil. VII. Novas generos e especies de Colubridoes opisthoglyphos.
Calamodontophis paucidens, the tropical forest snake, is a species of snakes in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Brazil and Uruguay (Plt. 347 A). In Brazil, recorded in the Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 347 A) at low elevations (Plt. 347 B). Observed in the field in grassland and disturbed areas (Franco et al., 2001).
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 Simão (nowadays Remonta railroad station), Cacequi, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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Range & habitat
The natural habitat of C. paucidens is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2455126.