Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus (RODRIGUES, 1993)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	Portuguese: Muçurana-Nariguda-do-São-Francisco
Synonym	Phimophis scriptorcibatus RODRIGUES 1993 Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 656 Rodriguesophis scriptocirbatus — GUEDES et al. 2014 (in error) Rodriguesophis scriptorcibatus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Distribution	Brazil (Bahia) Type locality: Brazil: Bahia: Ibiraba
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MZUSP 10.062, male Paratypes: MZUSP
Diagnosis	DIAGNOSIS: Dorsal ground colour dark gray with an inconspicuous collar on the neck of the adult. Young brick red with a dark gray collar on the neck; venter cream-colored, immaculate. Ventrals 131-150; 36 to 52 pairs of subcaudaIs.
Comment	Photo in Lambertz (2010). R. chui and R. scriptorcibatus are tentatively allocated to Rodriguesophis due to their external similarities with R. iglesiasi.
Etymology	The name is "the one that eats writers" and refers to the fact that the microteiids of the genus Calyptommatus are part of the diet of Phimophis scriptorcibatus. In the sandy areas near of the Sao Francisco river these lizards are popularly called as "escrivoes' (writers) because ofthe tracks leave in the sand.
References	Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here Grazziotin, Felipe G.; Hussam Zaher, Robert W. Murphy, Gustavo Scrocchi, Marco A. Benavides, Ya-Ping Zhang and Sandro L. Bonatto 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x - get paper here GUEDES, THAÍS B.; CRISTIANO NOGUEIRA & OTAVIO A. V. MARQUES 2014. Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3863 (1): 001–093 - get paper here Hamdan, B. & R. M. Lira-da-Silva 2012. The snakes of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil: species richness, composition and biogeographical notes. Salamandra 48 (1): 31-50 - get paper here Lambertz, M. 2010. Kommentierte Liste der squamaten Reptilien des Sanddünengebietes am mittleren Rio São Francisco (Bahia, Brasilien) unter besonderer Berücksichtigung endemischer Faunenelemente. Ophidia 4 (2): 2-17 - get paper here Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Antonio J.S. Argôlo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Josué A. Azevedo, Fausto E. Barbo, Renato S. Bérnils, Bruna E. Bolochio, Marcio Borges-Martins, Marcela Brasil-Godinho, Henrique Braz, Marcus A. Buononato, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, 2019. Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. South American J. Herp. 14 (Special Issue 1):1-274 - get paper here Rodrigues M T 1993. Herpetofauna of palaeoquaternary sand dunes of the middle Sao Francisco River: Bahia: Brazil. 6. Two new species of Phimophis (Serpentes: Colubridae) with notes on the origin of psammophilic adaptations. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 38 (11): 187-198 - get paper here Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil. 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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