Check List 12(5): e19578, doi: 10.15560/12.5.1976
New southern record of Erythrolamprus reginae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), a vulnerable species in Argentina
Vanesa Arzamendia‡‡ Instituto Nacional de Limnología (CONICET-UNL), Argentina
Corresponding author: Vanesa Arzamendia ( vanearzamendia@gmail.com ) © 2017 Vanesa Arzamendia. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Arzamendia V (2016) New southern record of Erythrolamprus reginae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), a vulnerable species in Argentina. Check List 12(5): 1976. https://doi.org/10.15560/12.5.1976 |  |
Abstract
I present the first record of the tropical snake Erythrolamprus reginae from Entre Ríos province as the southernmost record from Argentina and South America. This record extends the range of this species by 510 km airline south of known localities in Corrientes province. Geographical distribution in Argentina and Paraguay is provided. This record confirms the presence of E. reginae in seasonally flooded gallery forest bordering the Uruguay River, a biogeographical corridor for tropical biota invading temperate latitudes.
Keywords
aquatic snake; Entre Ríos province; range extension