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Boiruna sertaneja Zaher 1996
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Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996: Figure 20
Boiruna sertaneja Zaher 1996: 14 — Freire et al. 2009; Guedes et al.
2014b: 3863; Caldas et al. 2016: 1929.
This species may be distinguished from B. maculata by a higher number of subcaudal scales (68–79 in males and 60–75 in females) and hemipenis completely spineless and bicapitate (Zaher 1996). This snake does not exhibit aggressive behaviour and when handled seeks to escape through vigorous movements and constriction. It has been observed to forage at night (Mesquita et al. 2013). The voucher of the individual is UFRN 4099.
Notes
Published as part of Calixto, Pedro de Oliveira & Abrahão Morato, Sérgio Augusto, 2017, Herpetofauna recorded by a fauna rescue program in a Caatinga area of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, pp. 647-657 in Check List 13 (5) on page 654, DOI: 10.15560/13.5.647
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- Journal article: 10.15560/13.5.647 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE2FFAD0E23FF83FF95FFDDFFE75128 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Zaher
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Dipsadidae
- Genus
- Boiruna
- Species
- sertaneja
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Boiruna sertaneja Zaher, 1996 sec. Calixto & Morato, 2017
References
- Zaher H (1996) A new genus and species of pseudoboine snake, with a revision of the genus Clelia (Serpentes, Xenodontinae). Bolletino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino 14 (2): 289 - 337.
- Freire EMX, Skuk GO, Kolodiuk MF, Ribeiro LB, Maggi BS, Rodri- gues LS, Vieira WLS, Falcao ACGP (2009) Repteis Squamata das Caatingas do Serido do Rio Grande do Norte e do Cariri da Paraiba: sintese do conhecimento atual e perspectivas. In: Freire EMX (Ed.) Recursos naturais das Caatingas: uma visao multidisciplinar. Editora da UFRN, Natal, 51 - 84.
- Guedes TB, Sawaya RJ, Nogueira CC (2014 b) Biogeography, vicariance and conservation of snakes of the neglected and endangered Caatinga region, north-eastern Brazil. Journal of Biogeography 41 (5): 919 - 931. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jbi. 12272
- Caldas FLS, Costa TB, Laranjeiras DO, Mesquita DO, Garda AA (2016) Herpetofauna of protected areas in the Caatinga V: Serido Ecological Station (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil). Check list 12 (4): 1929. https: // doi. org / 10.15560 / 12.4.1929
- Mesquita PC, Passos DC, Borges-Nojosa DM, Cechin SZ (2013) Ecologia e historia natural das serpentes de uma area de Caatinga no nordeste brasileiro. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 53 (8): 99 - 113.