Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes, Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1952: first records for Paraguay

Pier Cacciali; Helen Pheasey; Paul Smith; Anna Källberg; Karina Atkinson

doi:10.15560/9.1.131

Check List 9(1): 131-132, doi: 10.15560/9.1.131

Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes, Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1952: first records for Paraguay

Pier Cacciali^‡, Paul Smith^‡, Anna Källberg^§, Helen Pheasey^§, Karina Atkinson^§

‡ Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Paraguay§ Para La Tierra, Paraguay

Corresponding author: Pier Cacciali ( pier_cacciali@yahoo.com )

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Citation: Cacciali P, Pheasey H, Smith P, Källberg A, Atkinson K (2013) Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes, Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1952: first records for Paraguay. Check List 9(1): 131-132. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.1.131

Abstract

The first Paraguayan records of the poorly known xenodontine snake Lygophis paucidens are reported. Two male specimens were collected in a mosaic habitat of Campo Sucio and Cerrado sensu stricto in the Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro. This is the first record of this species outside of Brazil.

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