Worontzow's Spotted Night Snake
Siphlophis worontzowi (Prado, 1940)
Also calledCobra-Coral (por) · Coral (por) · Falsa-Coral (por) · Амазонский плавающий уж (rus)
First described in: Prado, A. NOTAS OFIOLOGICAS 2. Observações sobre os ofidios da fauna amazonica, com a descrição de um novo genero e especie.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru (Plt. 343 A). Widespread in southern Amazonia, with marginal records in the Cerrado (Plt. 343 A), at low elevations (Plt. 343 B). Observed in the field in forest, flooded forest, open areas, and disturbed sites (Silva, 1993; Bernarde and Abe, 2006; Costa et al., 2010 b; Dal Vechio et al., 2015).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Rio Amanã, near its confluence with the Parauari, Maués, state of Amazonas, Brazil (fide Costa et al., 2010 b).
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 5959420.