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Oxyrhopus trigeminus Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril 1854
Description
Oxyrhopus trigeminus Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854 “Falsa-coral”
(Figs. 17.1 and 29.3)
It is distributed in all states of the Caatinga. It was recorded in a wide range of areas, from low to high altitudes (sea level to 1,100 m elevation). It is also widespread in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal regions (Argôlo 2004; Marques et al. 2005; Nogueira et al. 2010). It is distributed in all phytophysiognomies of the Caatinga, including cerrado enclaves, but is absent from forested habitats. The species has terrestrial habits, is nocturnal, and feeds on mammals and lizards (Marques et al. 2005).
Notes
Published as part of Guedes, Thaís B., Nogueira, Cristiano & Marques, Otavio A. V., 2014, Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil, pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 3863 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3863.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/287111
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Oxyrhopus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Squamata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Dumeril, Bibron and Dumeril
- Species
- trigeminus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oxyrhopus trigeminus Dumeril, 1854 sec. Guedes, Nogueira & Marques, 2014
References
- Argolo, A. J. S. (2004) As serpentes dos cacauais do Sudeste da Bahia. Ed. UESC, Ilheus, 260 pp.
- Marques, O. A. V., Eterovic, A., Strussmann, C. & Sazima, I. (2005) Serpentes do Pantanal: Guia ilustrado. Holos Editora, Ribeirao Preto, 184 pp.
- Nogueira, C., Colli, G. R., Costa, G. & Machado, R. B. (2010) Diversidade de repteis Squamata e evolucao do conhecimento faunistico no Cerrado. In: Diniz, I. R., Marinho-Filho, J., Machado, R. B. & Cavalcanti, R. B. (Eds.), Cerrado: conhecimento cientifico quantitativo como subsidio para acoes de conservacao. Editora UNB, Brasilia, pp. 333 - 375.