Oxybelis fulgidus
Authors/Creators
- 1. Centro de Investigación de Recursos Acuáticos, Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia
- 2. Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, La Paz, Bolivia
- 3. Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA
- 4. Departamento de Herpetología, Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- 5. Red de Investigadores en Herpetología-Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia
- 6. Bolivian Amphibian Initiative, Cochabamba, Bolivia
- 7. Bolivian Amphibian Initiative, Cochabamba, Bolivia & Animal Nutrition Unit, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
Description
Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803)
Fig. 1 C, D
Specimens examined.
One adult female (CIRAH - 929) collected at 1145 h on 24 June 2022 from Buen Retiro community. One adult male (MNKR - 2120) collected on 01 March 1999 from Ixiamas, Barraca, Santa Rosa, Río Manurimi. One adult (CBF - 0223) collected on 10 July 1986 from Guanay. One adult male (CBF - 0437) collected on 02 June 1990 from La Asunta. One adult (CBF - 2345) collected on 31 January 2007 from Chalalán, Parque Nacional y Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi (PNyANMI Madidi). One adult male (CBF - 0866) collected on 07 October 1995 from San Antonio (Table 1, Fig. 3).
Morphometric and meristic characters.
Snout-vent length 969–1322 mm (adults, n = 6). Tail length 531–587 mm (n = 6). Smooth dorsal scales 17-17 - 13 rows (100 %), vertebral and paravertebrals keeled, without apical pits. Ventral scales 202–220 (x ̅ = 211). Subcaudal scales 145–156 (x ̅ = 152). Divided cloacal plate (100 %). Loreal absent (100 %). Preocular 1 (100 %). Postoculars 2 (100 %). Temporals 1 + 2 (100 %). Supralabials 9–10 (10 / 10 in 83 % of specimens and 9 / 9 in 17 %); fifth, sixth and seventh contact the orbit (83 %) and fifth and sixth contact the orbit (17 %). Infralabials 10 (100 %); the first four contact the first pair of chin shields (100 %) (Table 2); and fourth, fifth and sixth in contact with the second pair of chin shields.
Coloration pattern.
Upper region of the head green; supralabials and ventral surface of head yellowish green, the color transition is not separated by any line; it is evident from the rostral to the last supralabial. Dorsal surface of body uniform green; yellowish-green ventral surface with two yellow ventrolateral lines extending from the throat to the tail (Fig. 1 C, D).
Ecological notes.
The specimen CIRAH - 929 was found capturing a bird in the crown of a pacay tree (Inga sp.) at an approximate height of 5.5 m from the ground. Found in a rural village, typical of Amazonian Bolivia, surrounded by secondary Amazonian forest where the harvesting of Brazilian nuts (Bertholletia excelsa) and the açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea) are common.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Daudin
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxybelis
- Species
- fulgidus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oxybelis fulgidus (Daudin, 1803) sec. Rivas, Rey-Ortíz, Eversole, Powell, Navarro-Cornejo, Cortez, Ocampo, Callapa & Muñoz, 2024
References
- Daudin FM (1803) Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particuliere des Reptiles. Vol. 6. F. Dufart, Paris, France, 447 pp.