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Oueimadas Blackhead
Apostolepis gaboi
Apostolepis gaboi, known commonly as the sand dunes blackhead and the cobra-rainha das dunas in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
From the article Apostolepis gaboi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Dorsally, A. gaboi is rust-colored, with seven black lines. The tip of the tail is black, resembling the head. The fifth and sixth upper labials contact the parietal.
In human culture
The specific name, gaboi, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Gabriel Omar Skuk Sugliano, whose nickname is "Gabo".
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28317.