Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae: Elapomorphini): first records for Paraguay

Omar Entiauspe-Neto; Thales de Lema; Hugo Beconi

doi:10.15560/10.3.600

Check List 10(3): 600-601, doi: 10.15560/10.3.600

Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae: Elapomorphini): first records for Paraguay

Omar Machado Entiauspe-Neto^‡, Thales de Lema^§, Hugo Enrique Cabral Beconi^|

‡ Instituto Federal de Educação, Brazil§ Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil| Instituto de Investigación Biológica del Paraguay, Paraguay

Corresponding author: Omar Entiauspe-Neto ( omarentiauspe@hotmail.com )

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Citation: Entiauspe-Neto O, de Lema T, Beconi H (2014) Apostolepis intermedia Koslowsky, 1898 (Serpentes: Xenodontinae: Elapomorphini): first records for Paraguay. Check List 10(3): 600-601. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.3.600

Abstract

The fossorial snake Apostolepis intermedia is an Elapomorphini species currently known by two specimens from Brazil. In this study, we report the first records of the species in Paraguay, based on two female specimens from the Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro, Paraguay. These records occurred 376 km south from the previously southernmost record, in Anastácio, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. We also provide data on the species morphological variation.

Keywords

Serpentes; Xenodontinae; Elapomorphini