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Cloudy Snail-eating Snake
Sibon nebulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledCaracoleira (por) · Caracolera subtropical (spa) · Cobra-Cipó (por) · Cobra-Nebulosa (por) · Come-Lesma (por) · Dormideira (por) · Dorminhoca (por) · Papa-Lesma (por) · Sibon nébuleux (fra) · Sibon nébuleux (Le) (fra)
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 Central America (Wallach et al., 2014) to Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, mostly in Andean or coastal areas (Plt. 207 A). In Brazil, known from eastern Amazonia and marginal upland areas of the Caatinga (Plt. 207 A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 207 B). Observed in the field in forest (FranÇa et al., 2018).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. “ Africa ” (in error). “ America ” via lectotype selection. Restricted to Jicaltepec, Veracruz, Mexico by Smith and Taylor (1950).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
Sibon nebulata (Linnaeus 1758) Linnaeus 1758
Sibon nebulata (Linnaeus, 1758) “Dormideira” (Figs. 18.5 and 31.1) This species is recorded only for a few localities in Ceará State. It was recorded only above 600 m elevation in isolated plateaus. It is also recorded in Amazonia and Atlantic Forest regions (Cunha & Nascimento 1978; Martins & Oliveira 1998; Freire 1998). According to Loebmann and Haddad (2010), it is found on relictual moist forests in Caatinga. It has semi-arboreal habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on mollusks (Cunha & Nascimento 1978).
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 2458237.