Thales De Lema's Tellurian Snake
Atractus thalesdelemai Passos, Fernandes & Zanella, 2005
Also calledCobra-da-Terra-do-Sul (por) · Cobrinha-da-Terra (por)
First described in: Passos, P., R. Fernandes and N. Zanella. A new species of Atractus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Southern Brazil.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks. Holotype (265 mm SVL) with both prepared hemipenes kept inside cryotubes together with specimen.
Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
materials_examined
Holotype. Adult male, MNRJ 10052 (CRUPF 692), collected by Noeli Zanella on 30 January 2001 at Military Brigade Farm (28 ° 14 ' 30 " S, 52 ° 21 ' 27 " W [informed]; 687 m asl [informed]), Municipality of Passo Fundo, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Paratypes. CRUPF 172, CRUPF 405, CRUPF 801, MNRJ 10053 (formerly CRUPF 841), MNRJ 10054 (formerly CRUPF 861), MNRJ 10081 (formerly CRUPF 950) MNRJ 10082 (formerly CRUPF 717).
Filling gaps between museum and society: An illustrated catalog of the primary type specimens of Squamata housed in the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
distribution
Distribution. Known from two records, in Brazil and Paraguay (Plt. 185 A). In Brazil, restricted to the southern portion of the Atlantic Forest, near its contact with the Araucaria Forest (Plt. 185 A), at low to intermediate elevations (Plt. 185 B). No detailed field data on habitat use are available for this species.
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Fazenda da Brigada Militar, Passo Fundo, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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 5223910.