Chironius whipala QUINTEROS-MUÑOZ, GÓMEZ-MURILLO, CAMACHO-BADANI, AGUAYO, CARPIO-REAL, PÉREZ, MARCA, GONZALES & TORRES-CARVAJAL, 2024
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Chironius whipala
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Whipala Sipos, Whipala snakes S: Sipos Whipala, serpientes Whipala |
| Synonym | Chironius whipala QUINTEROS-MUÑOZ, GÓMEZ-MURILLO, CAMACHO-BADANI, AGUAYO, CARPIO-REAL, PÉREZ, MARCA, GONZALES & TORRES-CARVAJAL 2024 |
| Distribution | Bolivia Type locality: Chaquisacha, Carrasco National Park, Cochabamba, Department, Bolivia (17°24'24.42"S, 65°15'34.88"W, 1,337 m) |
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| Types | Holotype. MHNC-R 3099 (Fig. 1), an adult male collected on 21 February 2021 by Rene Carpio-Real at 2345 h in humid montane forests (Yungas). Paratypes (12). Cochabamba Department: Same collection data as holotype: MHNC-R 3100, juvenile male collected by Oliver Quinteros-Muñoz on 15 March 2021 at 2330 h; MHNC-R 3101, adult female collected by Rene Carpio-Real on 17 December 2020 at 2300 h; MHNC-R 3102, adult male (specimen in poor condition, found dead), collected by José Balderrama on 27 September 2020; MHNC-R 3133, adult male collected by Oliver Quinteros-Muñoz on 17 April 2021 at 1930 h; MHNC-R 3134, juvenile female collected by Rene Carpio-Real on 20 April 2021 at 2349 h; MHNC-R 3135 juvenile female collected by Rene Carpio-Real on 17 May 2021 at 2152 h; MHNC-R 3227, an adult male found dead in poor condition, collected by Jorge Espinoza on 17 December 2022 at 1500 h near La Pajcha close to type locality, 2,000 m; MHNC-R 3229, an adult male found dead, collected by Bladimir Marca on 25 May 2023 at 1146 h near Arepucho close to type locality, 1,270 m. Santa Cruz Department: MNKR 3073, adult male collected by Walter Romero on 28 October 2001 in Pampagrande, Florida Province, 18°6'0.02"S, 64°6'0.00"W, 1,300 m; MNKR 3589, adult male collected by Pedro Maida on 18 December 2003 in La Hoyada, Florida Province, 17°55'12.02"S, 64°7'12.01"W, 1,730 m; MNKR 4833 adult male and MNKR 4834 adult female, collected by Lucindo Gonzales, Rutty Rodriguez, and Oswaldo Helmig on 15 November 2009 in Laja Tocos, Vallegrande Province, 18°29'41.37"S, 63°43'55.34"W, 1,300 m. |
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