Head-striped Leaf-litter Snake
Echinanthera cephalostriata Di Bernardo, 1996
Also calledCobrinha-Cipó (por) · Corredeira-do-Mato (por) · Papa-Rã (por)
First described in: Di Bernardo, M. A new species of the neotropical snake genus Echinanthera COPE 1894 from southeastern Brazil (Serpentes, Coluridae).
Echinanthera cephalostriata is a species of snake of the family Colubridae in the subfamily Dipsadinae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Echinanthera cephalostriata is a species in the family Colubridae, common name "Head-striped Leaf-litter Snake". They're a slender, small to medium length snake, with a blotched pattern along their back and a thick black stripe down the sides. They're usually seen in colors of brown and grey, and have a bright yellow venter, with characteristically big eyes and a small head. They're non-venomous, and prey mainly upon amphibians. They are diurnal and might be spotted near creeks. They range from the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Espírito Santo. Little information has been recorded on this species.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 214 A). Widespread in the Atlantic Forest and Araucaria Forest (Plt. 214 A), from low to high elevations (Plt. 214 B). Observed in the field in forest (Di-Bernardo, 1996; Martins et al., 2008 b).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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Type locality. Serra de Teresópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
distribution
Distribution and habitat. Northeast, southeast, and southern Brazil (Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina and Sao Paulo) (Wallach et al. 2014). Occurs in dense and mixed ombrophilous forest formations, as well as in semi-deciduous forests (Di-Bernardo 1996, Bernils 2009).
Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil
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 2458771.