Check List 16(4): 1049-1053, doi: 10.15560/16.4.1049
New records of Apostolepis kikoi Santos et al., 2018 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) in the state of Mato Grosso, Central-West Brazil
expand article infoEder Correa Fermiano‡, Vancleber Divino Silva-Alves§, Odair Diogo da Silva§, Mariany de Fátima Rocha Seba§, Larissa Gabriela Araújo Goebel§, Manoel dos Santos-Filho§, Dionei José da Silva|
‡ Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra - MT, Brazil§ Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Cáceres, MT, Brazil| Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Tangará da Serra, Brazil

Corresponding author: Eder Correa Fermiano ( edderfermiano@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Raul Fernandes Dantas Sales
© Eder Correa Fermiano, Vancleber Divino Silva-Alves, Odair Diogo da Silva, Mariany de Fátima Rocha Seba, Larissa Gabriela Araújo Goebel, Manoel dos Santos-Filho, Dionei José da Silva.
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Citation: Fermiano EC, Silva-Alves VD, Silva-Diogo O, Seba MFR, Araujo-Goebel LG, Santos-Filho M, Silva DJ (2020) New records of Apostolepis kikoi Santos et al., 2018 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) in the state of Mato Grosso, Central-West Brazil. Check List 16(4): 1049-1053. https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.1049
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Abstract

The fossorial snake Apostolepis kikoi Santos et al., 2018 is known only from its type locality, in Chapada dos Guimarães, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Here, we present the first records of this species after its description, expanding its distribution to transition areas between the Amazon and Cerrado biomes, in the southwestern portion of Mato Grosso. The new record expands the known distribution of A. kikoi by 297 km west from the type locality. In addition, we provide data on morphological variation by comparing our sample with the type series.

Keywords
Amazon, biogeography, Cerrado, Elapomorphini, reptiles, snake