Apostolepis albicollaris DE LEMA, 2002
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Apostolepis albicollaris
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Portuguese: Falsa-Coral |
| Synonym | Apostolepis albicollaris DE LEMA 2002 Apostolepis dimidiata – LEMA 1993:43 (in part) Apostolepis dimidita – HARVEY 1999:408 (in part) Apostolepis albicollaris — WALLACH et al. 2014: 49 Apostolepis albicollaris — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Brazil (Cerrado) Type locality: close to Brasilia, Brazil (fide NOGUEIRA et al. 2012) |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCP 8355 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (simple): Apostolepis albicollaris Lema, 2002 is easily diagnosable from all its congeners by the following combination of characters: a distinctive white nuchal collar (bordered by a narrow black collar), a very broad black lateral streak (from ventral border to 5th dorsal row), an almost entirely black ventral surface or black with lateral blotches, and 5th + 6th supralabials in contact with the parietal (temporals 0 + 0). Diagnosis: a medium-sized species of Apostolepis (up to 451 + 46 mm), differing from all other members of the genus by the following unique combination of characters: rostral moderately prominent to slightly pointed (portion visible from above more than 1⁄2 the length of its distance to frontal, equal to slightly lon- ger than mental from below); nasal usually contact- ing preocular; temporals 0 + 0 (5th and 6th supralabials contacting parietal); four infralabials contacting ante- rior chinshields; ventrals 196-230; subcaudals 24-33; terminal shield short, white posteroventrally and usu- ally rounded; white nuchal collar distinct (2-3 scales long), bordered by narrow black cervical collar (1-2 scales long, indistinct in chunB 23782); dorsal col- or red above, the sides black (below middle of dorsal row 5) with white edged scales; black vertebral stripe absent (just a faint anterior vestige); paravertebral stripe absent; venter heavily pigmented (at least later- ally in ventral scales) to mostly black (posterior edges of ventrals white); prefrontal region mostly black, white snout spots usually restricted naso-rostrally; large white blotch covering most of 3rd supralabial, all of 4th, and (usually) most of 5th; chin and infralabi- al region mostly white or just slightly spotted; black occiput extended below rictus, sometimes completing a gular band [Nogueira et al. 2012). |
| Comment | Similar species: A. dimidiata. |
| Etymology | The specific epithet is derived from the Latin words albus (white) and collum (neck), in reference to the conspicuous white neck band (which may also be yellow). |
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