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Misiones Blackhead
Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo & Scrocchi, 1998
Also calledCabeça-Preta-de-Rabo-Preto (por)
First described in: Giraudo, A. & G. J. Scrocchi. A new species of Apostolepis (Serpentes: Colubridae) and comments on the genus in Argentina.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from southern South America, in Argentina and Brazil (Plt. 318 A). In Brazil, recorded in the Pampas Grasslands (Plt. 318 A) at low elevations (Plt. 253 B). Observed in the field in urban areas within a matrix of seasonal subtropical forest and grassland (Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998).
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Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2458317.