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Corallus cropanii (HOGE, 1953)

IUCN Red List - Corallus cropanii - Endangered, EN
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Higher TaxaBoidae (Boinae), Henophidia, Serpentes (snakes) 
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymXenoboa cropanii HOGE 1953
Xenoboa cropanii — STIMSON 1969
Corallus cropanii — KLUGE 1991: 47
Corallus cropanii — HENDERSON 1997
Corallus cropanii — MCDIARMID, CAMPBELL & TOURÉ 1999: 191 
DistributionBrazil (Sao Paulo)

Type locality: Miracatu, State of São Paulo, Brazil Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesHolotype: Instituto Butantan no. 15.200 
CommentOne of the rarest boas in the world with only three specimens in scientific collections (Henderson 1997). 
References
  • Henderson R W 1993. Corallus Daudin. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 572: 1-2 - get paper here
  • Henderson R W; Puorto G 1993. Corallus cropanii (Hoge). Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles 575: 1-2 - get paper here
  • Henderson, Robert W. and Michael J. Pauers 2012. On the Diets of Neotropical Treeboas (Squamata: Boidae: Corallus) South American Journal of Herpetology 7 (2): 172-180. - get paper here
  • Henderson,R.W. 1997. An irascible aerialist - The common tree boa of the American tropics. Fauna 1 (1): 17-25
  • Hoge, A. R. 1953. Mem. Inst. Butantan 25: 27
  • Kluge, A.G. 1991. Boine snake phylogeny and research cycles. Publs Mus Zool Univ Michigan 178: 1-58
  • Machado-Filho, P.R.; Duarte, M.R.; Do Carmo L.F. & Franco, F.L. 2011. New record of Corallus cropanii (Boidae, Boinae): a rare snake from the Vale do Ribeira, State of São Paulo, Brazil. Salamandra 47 (2): 112-115 - get paper here
  • McDiarmid,R.W.; Campbell,J.A. & Touré,T.A. 1999. Snake species of the world. Vol. 1. Herpetologists’ League, 511 pp.
 
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