Common Spotted Night Snake
Siphlophis leucocephalus (Günther, 1863)
Also calledCobra-Cipó (por) · Dormideira (por) · Белоголовый плавающий уж (rus)
First described in: Günther, A. On new species of snakes in the collection of the British Museum.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 340 A). Recorded in the northern portion of the Atlantic Forest and marginally in the Cerrado (Plt. 340 A) at low to high elevations (Plt. 340 B). Observed in the field in forest, including cocoa plantation (Argôlo, 2004).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
Siphlophis leucocephalus
Siphlophis leucocephalus (Günther, 18673) (Figs. 19.1 and 31.3) It was recently recorded for the first time in Bahia State, municipality of Mucugê by Freitas et al. (2012a). This is a highland area around 1,100 m elevation, in the Diamantina Plateau, and includes a complex set of phytophisiognomies. It is also distributed in the Cerrado region (Nogueira et al. 2010, 2011) and in the Atlantic Forest region (Argôlo 2004). It has semi-arboreal habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on lizards.
Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5959422.