Guyana Burrowing Snake
Apostolepis nigrolineata (Peters, 1869)
Also calledApostolépide à cinq raies (fra) · Cobra-Cega (por) · Cobra-Cega, Falsa-Coral (por) · Falsa-Coral (por) · Serpent fouisseur à cinq raies (fra)
First described in: Peters, W. C. H. Über neue Gattungen und neue oder weniger bekannte Arten von Amphibien (Eremias, Dicrodon, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Typhlops, Eryx, Rhynchonyx, Elapomorphus, Achalinus, Coronella, Dromicus, Xenopholis, Anoplodipsas, Spilotes, Tropidonotus).
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distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 248 A). Recorded in eastern and southern Amazonia (Plt. 248 A), at low elevations (Plt. 248 B). Taxonomy in Curcio et al. (2011). Observed in the field in primary and secondary forest (Santos-Costa et al., 2015).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2458354.