Lined Ground Snake
Lygophis lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledCouresse rubanée (fra) · Jararaca-Listrada (por) · Jararaquinha (por) · Lygophide rayé (Le) (fra)
First described in: Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
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distribution
Distribution. Known from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela, on open portions of the Guiana Shield (Plt. 393 A). In Brazil, recorded in northern Amazonia and in Guianan savannas (Plt. 393 A) at low elevations (Plt. 393 B). Previous map and taxonomy in Dixon (1989). Observed in the field in grassland (Staton and Dixon, 1977).
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 9746182.