Check List 13(1): e19655, doi: 10.15560/13.1.2053
Mussurana quimi (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): first records for Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil
expand article infoOmar Machado Entiauspe-Neto‡, Arthur Diesel Abegg§, Fernando Marques Quintela‡, Daniel Loebmann‡
‡ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Brazil§ Instituto Butantan, Brazil

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

© 2017 Omar Entiauspe-Neto, Arthur Abegg, Fernando Quintela, Daniel Loebmann.
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Citation: Entiauspe-Neto O, Quintela F, Abegg A, Loebmann D (2017) Mussurana quimi (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): first records for Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil. Check List 13(1): 2053. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2053
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Abstract
Mussurana quimi is a species of Pseudoboini known from central, southeastern, and southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. We report the occurrence of this species in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, based on two specimens from Santa Maria municipality. This report extends this species’ distribution about 950 km south from its type locality and 330 km south from the nearest previous locality record (Posadas, Argentina). It also represent new southernmost records for M. quimi. We also provide brief comments on coloration and morphological variation of this species as well as an updated distribution map. 
Keywords
Pseudoboini; geographical distribution; Atlantic Forest; morphological variation