First record of the Fitzinger’s False Coral Snake, Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845) (Reptilia: Dipsadidae) in Atiquipa, southwestern Peru

César Luque-Fernández; Luis Villegas Paredes

doi:10.15560/13.2.2085

Check List 13(2): e19687, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2085

First record of the Fitzinger’s False Coral Snake, Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845) (Reptilia: Dipsadidae) in Atiquipa, southwestern Peru

César R. Luque-Fernández^‡, Luis Norberto Villegas Paredes^‡

‡ Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa, Peru

Corresponding author: César Luque-Fernández ( cluquef@gmail.com )

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Citation: Luque-Fernández C, Villegas Paredes L (2017) First record of the Fitzinger’s False Coral Snake, Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845) (Reptilia: Dipsadidae) in Atiquipa, southwestern Peru. Check List 13(2): 2085. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2085

Abstract

Oxyrophus fitzingeri is distributed in Ecuador and Peru. In this study we present an extension of the geographical distribution for Peru, the first record of the species in the department of Arequipa. This new report was made in the Lomas de Atiquipa Private Conservation Area.

Keywords

Peruvian desert; snake; coastal hills; range extension