Check List 13(2): e19681, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2079
Occurrence of Tachymenis chilensis chilensis (Schlegel, 1837) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and other herpetological fauna from Epu Lauquen Natural Protected Area, Neuquén, Argentina
Santiago J. Nenda‡, Boris L. Blotto, Martín O. Pereyra§, Paulo D. P. Pinheiro|, Alejandro R. Giraudo¶‡ Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas,División Herpetología, Argentina§ Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas,División Herpetología.Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Argentina| Universidade Estadual Paulista, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Herpetologia, Rio Claro. SP, BZ, Brazil¶ Instituto Nacional de Limnología, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Ciudad Universitaria, CP300, Santa Fe, Argentina Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Ciudad Universitaria, CP300, Santa Fe, Argentina, Argentina
Corresponding author: Santiago Nenda ( sjnenda@macn.gov.ar ) © 2017 Santiago Nenda, Boris Blotto, Martín Pereyra, Paulo Pinheiro, Alejandro Giraudo. 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:
Nenda S, Pinheiro P, Blotto B, Pereyra M, Giraudo A (2017) Occurrence of Tachymenis chilensis chilensis (Schlegel, 1837) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and other herpetological fauna from Epu Lauquen Natural Protected Area, Neuquén, Argentina. Check List 13(2): 2079. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2079 |  |
Abstract
We report a new specimen of Tachymenis chilensis chilensis from Epu Lauquen Natural Reserve, Neuquén, Argentina. This specimen represents the northernmost voucher of T. c. chilensis in Argentina and confirms the presence of the subspecies occupying moist habitats remnants in dry areas of northern Neuquén province. Moreover, this record corresponds to the northernmost population of T. c. chilensis in a protected area in Argentina. We also found two sympatric anurans, Rhinella spinulosa and Pleurodema thaul. Both anurans also represent the first record of amphibians at Epu Lauquen Natural Reserve.
Keywords
conservation; Patagonia; snake; Subantarctic Forest; Tachymenini