Philodryas erlandi LÖNNBERG, 1902
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Philodryas erlandi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Miranda Green Racer |
| Synonym | Philodryas Erlandi LÖNNBERG 1902 Philodryas ternetzii erlandi — MÜLLER 1928 Philodryas mattogrossensis — THOMAS 1976 (part.) Philodryas mattogrossensis — CEI 1993 (part.) Philodryas mattogrossensis — LOBO & SCROCCHI 1994 Philodryas mattogrossensis — MORO 1999 Philodryas mattogrossensis — ZAHER 1999 Philodryas mattogrossensis — ARZAMENDIA & GIRAUDO 2002 Philodryas mattogrossensis — KACOLIRIS et al. 2006 Philodryas mattogrossensis — SCHALK 2010 Philodryas erlandi — CACCIALI et al. 2016 Philodryas erlandi — KWET 2017 Philodryas erlandi — MELO-SAMPAIO et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Paraguay, SE Bolivia, N Argentina (Salta, Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero) Type locality: Tarija, Bolivia |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: NRM 5097, BMNH 1946.1.8.43 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Philodryas erlandi differs from all congeners except P. mattogrossensis by a dorsal colour that shifts from green on the anterior half of the body to brown on the posterior part. Philodryas erlandi is distinguished from P. mattogrossensis by the absence of a well-marked dark green or brown dorsal stripe restricted to the anterior one- third of the body (vs present in P. mattogrossensis), pres- ence of a dark line on the supralabials (vs absent or less evident in P. mattogrossensis), dorsal formula usually 19–19–15 (vs usually 21–19–15 in P. mattogrossensis), and first temporal elongated (vs. as wide as high in P. mattogrossensis). |
| Comment | Synonymy after CACCIALI et al. 2016. Distribution: see map in Cacciali et al. 2016: Fig. 11. |
| Etymology | Named in honor of Nils Erland Herbert Nordenskiöld (1877-1932), Swedish archeologist and anthropologist. |
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