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Apostolepis gaboi RODRIGUES, 1993

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Sand-dunes Blackhead
Portuguese: Cobra-Rainha-das-Dunas 
SynonymApostolepis gaboi RODRIGUES 1993
Apostolepis gaboi — HARVEY 1999
Apostolepis gaboi — DE LEMA 2002
Apostolepis gaboi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 51
Apostolepis gaboi — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia)

Type locality: Brasil: Bahia: Oueimadas (10° 23' S, 42°30’ W)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP 10.290, female. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Colorido dorsal ferrugem com 7 finas linhas longitudinais ao longo do corpo. Quinta e sexta supralabiais em contato com a parietal. Nasal separada da preocular. Ventrais 229; 31 pares de subcaudais” [from RODRIGUES 1993].


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CommentThis species may belong to the A. assimilis species group (see FERRAREZZI et al. 2005).

Distribution: For a map of localities see Entiauspe-Neto et al. 2025: 8 (Fig. 3). 
References
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Braz, Henrique B.; Karina N. Kasperoviczus, Thaís B. Guedes 2019. Reproductive Biology of the Fossorial Snake Apostolepis gaboi (Elapomorphini): A Threatened and Poorly Known Species from the Caatinga Region. South American J. Herp. 14 (1): 37-47 - get paper here
  • Entiauspe-Neto, O. M., A. R. Giraudo, T. B. Guedes, A. Tiutenko, M. Borges-Martins & C. Koch 2025. Rediscovery of a rare and endangered Apostolepis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): reassessing species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships using integrative approaches. Salamandra 61 (1): 1-28 - get paper here
  • FERRAREZZI, HEBERT; FAUSTO ERRITTO BARBO & CRISTINA ESPAÑA ALBUQUERQUE 2005. PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF A NEW SPECIES OF APOSTOLEPIS FROM BRAZILIAN CERRADO WITH NOTES ON THE ASSIMILIS GROUP (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE: XENODONTINAE: ELAPOMORPHINI). Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 45(16): 215-229 - get paper here
  • FRANÇA, DANIELLA. P. F.; FAUSTO E. BARBO, NELSON J. SILVA-JÚNIOR, HELDER L. R. SILVA, HUSSAM ZAHER 2018. A new species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini) from the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Zootaxa 4521 (4): 438-552 - get paper here
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • Guedes, T.B., Barbo, F.E., França, D., Zaher H. 2018. Morphological variation of the rare psammophilous species Apostolepis gaboi (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini). Zootaxa 4418 (5): 469-480 - get paper here
  • GUEDES, THAÍS B.; CRISTIANO NOGUEIRA & OTAVIO A. V. MARQUES 2014. Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3863 (1): 001–093 - get paper here
  • Hamdan, B. & R. M. Lira-da-Silva 2012. The snakes of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil: species richness, composition and biogeographical notes. Salamandra 48 (1): 31-50 - get paper here
  • Harvey, Michael B. 1999. Revision of Bolivian Apostolepis (Squamata: Colubridae). Copeia 1999 (2): 388-409 - get paper here
  • Lambertz, M. 2010. Kommentierte Liste der squamaten Reptilien des Sanddünengebietes am mittleren Rio São Francisco (Bahia, Brasilien) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung endemischer Faunenelemente. Ophidia 4 (2): 2-17 - get paper here
  • Lema, Thales de 2001. Fossorial snake genus Apostolepis from South America (Serpentes: Colubridae: Elapomorphinae). Cuadernos de herpetología 15 (1): 29-43.
  • Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Antonio J.S. Argôlo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Josué A. Azevedo, Fausto E. Barbo, Renato S. Bérnils, Bruna E. Bolochio, Marcio Borges-Martins, Marcela Brasil-Godinho, Henrique Braz, Marcus A. Buononato, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, 2019. Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. South American J. Herp. 14 (Special Issue 1):1-274 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues M T 1993. Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio Sao Francisco: Bahia: Brasil. 5. Duas novas especies de Apostolepis (Ophidia, Colubridae). Mem. Inst. Butantan 54 (2) [1992]: 53-59 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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