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Pseudoboa serrana MORATO, MOURA-LEITE, PRUDENTE & BÉRNILS, 1995

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Coral-Falsa 
SynonymPseudoboa serrana MORATO et al. 1995: 254
Pseudoboa serrana — ZAHER et al. 2008
Pseudoboa serrana — WALLACH et al. 2014: 599
Pseudoboa serrana — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionSE Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

Type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Teresópolis: Serra des Órgaos (Parque Nacional) (22°27'S; 42°58'W).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: IBSP 10393 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Pseudoboa serrana sp.n. is distinguished from P. coronata Schneider by the color pattern of the dorsum, with a large vertebral darker stripe on a lighter ground color. In P. coronata the dorsum has a uniform coloration. Further, the new species is differentiated from P. haasi Boettger by the number of dorsal scales in the midbody (17 in P. serrana sp.n. and 19 in P. haasi) and by the absence of a reduction at the posterior part of the body. (Morato et al. 1995)


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CommentZAHER et al. (2008) nicely illustrate the ontogenetic shift of color patterns in this species. 
Etymologynamed after the type locality, in the mountains (”serra”). 
References
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  • Morato, S.A.A., J.C. de MOURA-LEITE, A.L.C. PRUDENTE & R.S. BÉRNILS 1995. A new species of Pseudoboa Schneider, 1801 from southeastern Brazil (Serpentes: Colubridae: Xenodontinae: Pseudoboini). Biociências 3 (2): 253-264 - get paper here
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