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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusApostolepis
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IUCN DD · Data deficient

Christine's Blackhead

Apostolepis christineae De Lema, 2002

Also calledFalsa-Coral (por)

First described in: Lema, & De, T. Nova espécie de Apostolepis do grupo lineata do sudoeste do Brasil (Serpentes, Elapomorphinae).

Apostolepis christineae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in Brazil and Bolivia.

== References ==

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil (Plt. 237 A). Dubious records in Bolivia in Entiauspe-Neto and Lema (2015) are not based on direct examination of specimens and were not included in our maps. Restricted to the Serra das Araras ridge, in western portion of the Cerrado and its contact with the Chiquitano Dry Forests (Plt. 237 A) at intermediate elevations (Plt. 237 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. Serra das Araras Ecological Station, Porto Estrela, state of Mato Grosso, 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 7808665.