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Tropidodryas striaticeps (COPE, 1870)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Jiboinha
Portuguese: Cabeça-de-Capanga, Caçadora, Cobra-Cipó, Cobra-Cipó-Malhada, Jararaca-Caçadora, Jararaca-das-Árvores, Jararaquinha, Jiboinha, Jiboinha-Comum, Jiboinha-da-Barriga-Preta 
SynonymTeleolepis striaticeps COPE 1870: 153
Philodryas pseudo-serra AMARAL 1938: 207
Philodryas pseudoserra — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 244
Tropidodryas pseudoserra — THOMAS & DIXON 1977
Tropidodryas straticeps — JENNER & DOWLING 1985 (in error)
Tropidodryas striaticeps — VRCIBRADIC et al. 2011
Tropidodryas striaticeps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 747
Tropidodryas striaticeps — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul, SAnta Catarina, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Bahia [HR 30: 56, 35: 193])

pseudoserra: Rio de Janeiro, Parana, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina); Type locality: Porto Martins, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil.

Type locality: “Brasil”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 2909 
DiagnosisDiagnosis. A species of Tropidodryas separable from its only known congener in having smooth scales and 179-209 ventrals (vs. keeled scales and 218-237 ventrals in T. serra.)


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CommentHabitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin striatus, provided with channels; grooves; wrinkles + Latin -ceps, -headed. (COPE 1870, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
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