Apostolepis multicincta HARVEY, 1999

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Harvey’s Blackhead
Synonym	Apostolepis multicincta HARVEY 1999: 396 Apostolepis multicincta — EMBERT & REICHLE 2004 Apostolepis multicincta — WALLACH et al. 2014: 52 Apostolepis multicincta — ENTIAUSPE-NETO et la. 2021
Distribution	Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba), elevation up to 1800 m, Argentina (Jujuy) Type locality: vicinity of Pampagrande, Provincia Florida, Departamento Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MNK (= NK), adult male; paratypes in ZFMK and NKA
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Latin multi, many things (pl.); much; many and Latin cinctus, surrounded, encircled. [“...The specific epithet multicincta is derived from the Latin noun cinctum meaning band or belt and multus meaning many...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)
References	Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - get paper here Burgos GF, Baldo JL, Vilte A, Scrocchi G 2017. Apostolepis multicincta Harvey 1999 (Squamata, Dipsadidae) in Argentina. Check List 13 (6): 913-916 - get paper here Embert, D. & S. Reichle 2003. Neue Daten zu Apostolepis multicincta Harvey, 1999 aus den innerandinen Trockentälern Boliviens. Salamandra 39 (3-4): 249-253 - get paper here Entiauspe-Neto, Omar M, Claudia Koch, Russell J Gray, Arthur Tiutenko, Daniel Loebmann, and Thaís B Guedes. 2021. Taxonomic Status of Apostolepis Tertulianobeui Lema, 2004 Based on an Integrative Revision of Apostolepis Assimilis (Reinhardt, 1861) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 291: 123–38 - get paper here FRANÇA, DANIELLA. P. F.; FAUSTO E. BARBO, NELSON J. SILVA-JÚNIOR, HELDER L. R. SILVA, HUSSAM ZAHER 2018. A new species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini) from the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Zootaxa 4521 (4): 438-552 - get paper here Gómez-Murillo, Pedro; Oliver Quinteros-Muñoz, Enrique Domic, Teresa Camacho-Badani, Romeo Rojas-Estrada, Irene Arellano-Martín, Rodrigo Aguayo, Lucindo Gonzales, Luis F. Esqueda, Carlos Urdiales Alonso, Dennis E. Lizarro (†), Edson Cortez, Mauricio O 2025. Catalogue of the reptiles (Reptilia) of Bolivia: checklist, distribution and literature. Cuadernos de Herpetología 39(S1):2-185 - get paper here Harvey, Michael B. 1999. Revision of Bolivian Apostolepis (Squamata: Colubridae). Copeia 1999 (2): 388-409 - get paper here Lema, Thales de 2001. Fossorial snake genus Apostolepis from South America (Serpentes: Colubridae: Elapomorphinae). Cuadernos de herpetología 15 (1): 29-43. Lema, Thales de 2002. Redescription of Apostolepis sanctaeritae Werner 1924 (Serpentes, Colubridae), and a comparison with related species. Copeia 2002 (4): 1147-1151 - get paper here Lema, Thales De & Márcia Ferret Renner 2005. Contribuição ao conhecimento taxonômico de Apostolepis flavotorquata (Serpentes, Elapomorphinae). Biociências 13 (2): 163-175 Mendoza-Miranda, Patricia; Callapa, Gabriel; Muñoz S., Arturo 2017. Variación y primer registro de Apostolepis multicincta Harvey, 1999 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) para el departamento de Cochabamba, Bolivia. Cuad. herpetol. 32 (1): - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List http://people.freenet.de/dirkembert-reptilien/reptilien.htm Google images

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