Atractus francoi

discussion

Remarks. Holotype (420 mm SVL) and paratype (IBSP 72654) with prepared hemipenes. Hemipenis of the holotype kept inside cryotube together with specimen. The paratypes from the IBSP were not affected by the 2010 fire accident because they were on loan to MNRJ. No tissue samples available.

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 17537 (formerly ZUFRJ 1742), collected by Marion Cony Carlo on 17 July 2006 at Recanto Farm, Serra do Piloto (22 ° 57 ' S, 44 ° 02 ' W [approximate]; 600 m asl [approximate]), Municipality of Mangaratiba, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Paratypes. IBSP 53924, IBSP 72654, IBSP 74648, IBSP 74723 – 74724, IBSP 53924, MNRJ 17536.

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. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 164 A). In Brazil, restricted to southeastern Atlantic Forest (Plt. 164 A) at intermediate elevations (Plt. 164 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 Recanto, Serra do Piloto, Mangaratiba, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna