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Rodriguesophis iglesiasi (GOMES, 1915)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Gomes' Pampas Snake 
SynonymRhinostoma Iglesiasi GOMES 1915: 126
Rhinostoma bimaculatum LUTZ & MELLO 1923
Phimophis iglesiasi — BAILEY 1967
Phimophis iglesiasi — HOGE et al. 1978
Rodriguesophis iglesiasi — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Rodriguesophis iglesiasi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 656
Rodriguesophis iglesiasi — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionBrazil (from Minas Gerais to Piaui, Bahia)

Type locality: "Estado do Piauhy, Brazil." [=Piauí State, northwestern Brazil].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: IBSP (= IB) 513, a 490 mm female (F. Iglesias). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (Rodriguesophis): Loreal absent, specialized, spatulate straight rostral scale present (i.e. not upcurved to form a shovel-like structure), bright red dorsal colour pattern, and dark nuchal collar of juveniles retained in adult specimens, except for R. scriptorcibatus that looses the red colour but tends to retain an unconspicuous nuchal collar. 
CommentSynonymy that of PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970, following AMARAL 1926.

Type species: Rhinostoma Iglesiasi GOMES 1915 is the type species of the genus Rodriguesophis ZAHER, GRAZZIOTIN, MURPHY, SCROCCHI, ALTAMIRANO, BENAVIDES, ZHANG & BONATTO in GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012. 
EtymologyA patronym honouring Miguel T. Rodrigues, who dis- covered and described the highly diverse psammophilous herpetofauna of the Sa ̃ o Francisco River. 
References
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