Neotropical Snail-Eater
Dipsas indica Laurenti, 1768
Also calledCaracolera neotropical (spa) · Cobra-Cipó (por) · Cobra-caracoleira-cabeçuda (por) · Come-Lesma (por) · Dipsade de Laurenti (La) (fra) · Dipsas à miroirs (fra) · Dorme-Dorme (por) · Dormideira (por) · Dorminhoca (por) · Jararaca-Preguiçosa (por) · Jararaquinha-Pingo-de-Ouro (por) · Papa-Lesma (por) · Pingo-de-Ouro (por) · Quiriripitá (por)
First described in: Laurenti, J. N. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu.
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distribution
Distribution. Known from Bolívia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, mostly along forested regions (Plt. 197 A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia and in the coastal portion of the Atlantic Forest, forming a disjunct distribution (Plt. 197 A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 197 B). Observed in the field in primary and secondary forest, humid forest, and disturbed areas (Argôlo and Alves, 2002; Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Strüssmann, 2003; Bernarde and Abe, 2006; Moreira et al., 2009; Shibatta et al., 2009; Fernandes et al., 2010 b).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Ceylon (in error). Corrected to Amazon region, South America, by Peters (1960).
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 5223420.