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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusElapomorphus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Raddi's Lizard-eating Snake

Elapomorphus quinquelineatus (Raddi, 1820)

Also calledCabeça-Preta-Grande (por) · Cobra-Cinco-Linhas (por) · Пятиполосый эляпоморфус (rus)

First described in: Raddi, G. Di alcune specie nuovi di rettili e piante brasiliana.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 261 A). Recorded in the central portion of the Atlantic Forest (Plt. 261 A) at low to high elevations (Plt. 261 B). Observed in the field in forest and disturbed areas (Cardoso et al., 2001; Pontes et al., 2008; Marques et al., 2009).

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 5223026.