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Reinhardt's Burrowing Snake
Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861)
Also calledAlmindelig Rød Sorthovedsnog (dan) · Cobra-Coral (por) · Cobra-Coral, Coral, Coral-Cabeça-Preta-de-Rabo-Pre (por) · Coral (por) · Coral-Cabeça-Preta-de-Rabo-Preto (por) · Coral-Falsa (por) · Falsa-Coral (por)
First described in: Reinhardt. Herpetologiske Middelelser. II. Beskrivelser af nogle nye til Calamariernes Familie henhörende Slänger.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay (Plt. 232 A), recorded in the southern portion of the Cerrado and its contact areas with the Atlantic Forest, with marginal records in the Pantanal and Caatinga (Plt. 232 A), mostly at intermediate to high elevations (Plt. 232 B). Observed in the field in open areas, forest border and disturbed areas (Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998; Giraudo and Scrocchi, 2002; Marques et al., 2009; Moreira et al., 2009; Sousa et al., 2010).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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Type locality. Fazenda Capão do Porcos, near Brumado, “ Campos region, ” west of Serra do EspinhaÇo, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
distribution
Distribution and habitat. Northeast, central-west, southeast and southern Brazil (Bahia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goias, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Parana), southeast Paraguay, northern Argentina, and Bolivia (Bernils 2009; Wallach et al. 2014). This species is typical of the Cerrado morphoclimatic domain, also occurring in adjacent forested areas (Ferrarezzi et al. 2005).
Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil
Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt 1861) Reinhardt 1861
Apostolepis assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861) “Cobra-de-ferrão, cobra-rainha” (Figs. 13.5 and 26.2) Recorded only in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais. It was recorded in areas next to the Cerrado contact but was also reported in lowland semi-arid caatinga by Lema (2002b), maximum 254 to 440 m elevation. It is known from Atlantic Forest and Cerrado (Ferrarezzi et al. 2005, Nogueira et al. 2010). In Caatinga, it inhabits bushy and herbaceous caatinga on sandy soils or cerrado enclaves. It has fossorial habits, is diurnal and nocturnal, and feeds on elongated vertebrates (Ferrarezzi et al. 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 2458304.