Check List 13(3): e19737, doi: 10.15560/13.3.2135
Distribution extension for Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes & Bentim, 2007 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) in the Araguaia-Tocantins basin, Brazilian Cerrado
expand article infoAlfredo P. Santos-Jr‡, Guilherme B. Adams§, Daniel Buhler§, Síria Ribeiro‡, Thiago S. Carvalho|
‡ Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, Brazil§ Biota Soluções Ambientais Ltda, Brazil| Residencial, Rua 4, 470, Setor Moraes, Brazil

Corresponding author: Alfredo Santos-Jr ( alphredojr@hotmail.com )

© 2017 Alfredo Santos-Jr, Guilherme Adams, Daniel Buhler, Síria Ribeiro, Thiago Carvalho.
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Citation: Ribeiro S, Santos-Jr A, Adams G, Buhler D, Carvalho T (2017) Distribution extension for Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes & Bentim, 2007 (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) in the Araguaia-Tocantins basin, Brazilian Cerrado. Check List 13(3): 2135. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.3.2135
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Abstract
We present new records for Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes & Bentim, 2007, from eastern Mato Grosso state, Central Brazil. The four specimens found in the municipalities of Novo Santo Antônio and Ribeirão Cascalheira represent the first records in the state of Mato Grosso, and expand the species’ known distribution some 380 km southwest
Keywords
Campos de murundu; Mato Grosso; Hydrodynastini