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Dibernardia persimilis (COPE, 1869)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae, Echinantherini), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymLiophis persimilis COPE 1868: 308
Enicognathus obtusa — COPE 1868
Rhadinaea poecilopogon COPE 1863 (fide BOULENGER 1894: 173)
Liophis insignissimus AMARAL 1926: 103
Rhadinaea insignissima — WERNER 1929
Rhadinaea beui PRADO 1943: 13
Rhadinaea persimilis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 267
Rhadinaea persimilis — MYERS 1974: 212
Echinanthera persimilis — DI-BERNARDO 1992
Echinantera persimilis — ROCHA et al. 2004 (in error)
Taeniophallus persimilis — SCHARGEL et al. 2005
Taeniophallus persimilis — CONDEZ et al. 2009
Taeniophallus persimilis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 697
Echinantera persimilis — CITELI et al. 2016 (in error)
Taeniophallus persimilis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionSE Brazil (Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Paraná)

Type locality: Curitiba, Estado do Paraná, Brazil [Rhadinaea beui PRADO 1943]

Type locality: Rio de Janeiro  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MCZ 19345; MCZ 436 may be old catalog number, not found, fide Barbour and Loveridge 1929: 297) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 61 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Commentbelongs to the “Rhadinaea brevirostris group” sensu Myers (1974)

Synonymy partly after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970 and DI BERNARDO 1992. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin persimilis, very like; very similar. (COPE 1869, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
  • Abegg AD, Santos AP Jr, Costa HC, Battilana J, Graboski R, Vianna FSL, Azevedo WS, Fagundes NJR, Castille CM, Prado PC, Bonatto SL, Zaher H and Grazziotin FG 2022. Increasing taxon sampling suggests a complete taxonomic rearrangement in Echinantherini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae). Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:969263 - get paper here
  • Amaral, A. do 1926. Novos gêneros e expécies de ophidios brasileiros. Arch. Mus. Nac. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro 26: 1-27
  • Barbo, Fausto E.; Otavio A. V. Marques, and Ricardo J. Sawaya 2011. Diversity, Natural History and Distribution of Snakes in the Municipality of São Paulo. South American J. Herp. 6: 135-160
  • Bérnils, R.S.; Batista, M.A. & Bertelli, P.W. 2001. Cobras e lagartos do Vale: levantamento das espécies de Squamata (Reptilia, Lepidosauria) da Bacia do Rio Itajai, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Rev. Est. Ambientais (Blumenau) 3 (1): 69-79
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  • Citeli N, Hamdan B, Guedes T 2016. Snake richness in urban forest fragments from Niterói and surroundings, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7145 - get paper here
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