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Wucherer's Ground Snake
Xenopholis scalaris (Wucherer, 1861)
Also calledCouresse échelette (fra) · Falsa-Coral (por) · Jararaquinha-do-Igapó (por) · Nordlig Fladhovedsnog (dan) · Xénophole à échelons (fra) · Xénophole à échelons (Le) (fra)
First described in: Wucherer, & Otho. Description of the new species of Elapomorphus from Brazil.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, largely associated to South American major forested biomes (Plt. 407 A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia and the Atlantic Forest, forming a disjunct distribution (Plt. 407 A), mostly at low elevation (Plt. 407 B). Observed in the field in primary forest (Martins and Oliveira, 1998).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Not defined. Type series formed by two specimens (no holotype designated), one from Canavieiras, state of Bahia, Brazil, and another from Mata de São João, Bahia, Brazil.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5223756.