Check List 13(2): e19679, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2077
Range extension of Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901) (Reptilia: Squamata: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) to Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil
expand article infoThiago Marcial de Castro‡, Jane C. F. de Oliveira§
‡ Faculdade São Camilo, Brazil§ Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Corresponding author: Jane Oliveira ( janeherpeto@gmail.com )

© 2017 Thiago Castro, Jane Oliveira.
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Citation: Oliveira J, Castro T (2017) Range extension of Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901) (Reptilia: Squamata: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) to Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. Check List 13(2): 2077. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2077
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Abstract
We present the first record of Lygophis meridionalis for the state of Espírito Santo, in southeastern Brazil, and a distribution map based on indexed literature. This species of the family Dipsadidae is widely distributed in South America, although records from Brazil are only available for the states of São Paulo, Amazonas, Pará, Goiás, Tocantins, and Bahia. Our report is only the second record of L. meridionalis from the Atlantic Forest and represents a range extension of 998 km from the nearest record in this biome.
Keywords
Atlantic Rainforest; geographic distribution; snakes; new records; municipality of Linhares; Liophis lineatus complex; reptile