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Apostolepis cerradoensis DE LEMA, 2003

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Falsa-Coral 
SynonymApostolepis cerradoensis DE LEMA 2003
Apostolepis cerradoensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 50
Apostolepis cerradoensis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBrazil (Goiás)

Type locality: caneiro de obras da barragem da Usina Hidreléctrica Serra da Mesa Minaçu, Goiás, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: CEPB (formerly UHESM) 21800, male 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Aproxima-se mais de Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan 1862) da qual difere
por apresen tar a superfície ventral de todo o corpo sem manchas (manchada
naquela), nuca e pescoço com colares branco e preto (aquela sem colares),
mancha preta caudal curta e apenas dorsal (aque la com a mancha longa e atingindo as subcaudais), a cauda isodiamétrica afilando apenas na extremidade (aquela com cauda afi la ndo antes) e esc ama term inal pontuda (aque la comprimida e alta).” (de Lema 2003: 124). 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the Cerrado region in Brazil. 
References
  • 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
  • Lema, T. de 2003. Descrição de nova espécie de Apostolepis Cope do cerrado do Brasil, pertencente ao grupo dimidiata (Serpentes, Elapomorphinae). Acta Biologica Leopoldensia 25 (1): 123-131
  • Lema, T. de 2016. DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPECIES OF Apostolepis (SERPENTES: DIPSADIDAE: XENODONTINAE: ELAPOMORPHINI) FROM SERRA DO RONCADOR, CENTRAL BRAZIL. Caderno de Pesquisa, série Biologia 28 (1): 1-12 - get paper here
  • 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
  • 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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