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Phalotris punctatus (DE LEMA, 1979)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Punctate Burrowing Snake 
SynonymElapomorphus punctatus DE LEMA 1979
Phalotris punctatus FERRAREZZI 1993
Phalotris punctatus — LEYNAUD & BUCHER 1999: 27
Phalotris punctatus — DE LEMA 2002
Phalotris punctatus — GIRAUDO & SCROCCHI 2003: 30
Phalotris punctatus — MARTINS & LEMA 2007
Phalotris punctatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 536
Phalotris punctatus — MARTINS & LEMA 2017
Phalotris punctatus — SCROCCHI et al. 2019
Phalotris punctatus — SCROCCHI et al. 2022 
DistributionArgentina (Misiones, Córdoba, Tucumán), S Paraguay

Type locality: Rosario de la Frontera, Salta province, Argentina  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MLPA = MLP 151, male; paratype: MACN 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Species similar to P. cuyanus, differing mainly, by the presence of black dots widespread on dorsal side, sometimes disposed in longitudinal stripes, or densely restricted to vertebral row (vs. dots absent, if present in vertebral row, with few spaced dots); head fully black, dorsally and ventrally, usually anterior also (vs. black only on pileus with snout immaculate ocher); reddish on vertebral zone, becoming ocher at lower sides (vs. fully ocher dorsally); venter yellowish (vs. whitish); tail fully cylindrical (vs. angled posterior); and labial shields, black (vs. light). (Martins & Lema 2017)


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CommentSynonymy: Lema 2005 synonymized Elapomorphus punctatus with Elapomorphus tricolor and assigned all Brazilian records of P. tricolor. Martins and Lema 2017 revalidated punctatus.

Distribution: See map in Martins & Lema 2017:103 (Fig. 5). 
References
  • Ferrarezzi H. 1993. Nota sobre o genero Phalotris com revisao do grupo nasutus e descricao de tres novas especies (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae). Mem. Inst. Butantan 55 (SUPPL. 1): 21-38. - get paper here
  • Giraudo, A. R., and G. J. Scrocchi 2002. Argentinian Snakes: An Annotated Checklist. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (132): 1-53 - get paper here
  • Lema, T. de, D’Agostini, F.M. & Cappelari, L.H. 2005. Nova espécie de Phalotris, redescricåo de P. tricolor e osteologia craniana (Serpentes, Elapomorphinae). Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 95: 65-78 - get paper here
  • Lema, Th. de 1979. Elapomorphus punctatus, nova especie de Colubridae para a Argentina (Ophidia). REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE BIOLOGIA 39 (4): 835-853
  • Martins, L.A. & Lema, T. 2017. The distribution of Phalotris tricolor group in Argentina and Paraguay, with notes on its taxonomy (Serpentes, Elapomorphini). Neotropical Biology and Conservation 12: 100-108 - get paper here
  • Scrocchi, G. J., Giraudo, A. R., & Nenda, S. J. 2022. Taxonomic notes on the Phalotris bilineatus group (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Elapomorphini), with the description of a new species from northwestern Argentina. Cuadernos de Herpetología 36 (1): 47-63 - 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.
 
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