Günther's False Fer-de-lance
Xenodon guentheri Boulenger, 1894
Also calledBoipeva (por) · Chata (por) · Cobra-Chata (por) · Jararaca-Falsa (por) · Жабоед Гюнтера (rus)
First described in: Boulenger, George A. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ.
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distribution
Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 397 A). Restricted to the Araucaria Forest (Plt. 397 A), mostly at high elevations (Plt. 397 B). Observed in the field in grassland, upland forest, and disturbed areas (Abegg et al., 2018).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
materials_examined
Type locality. Lagos, Timbó, state of Santa Catarina, 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 5959577.