New records of Apostolepis kikoi Santos et al., 2018 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) in the state of Mato Grosso, Central-West Brazil

By

Correa Fermiano, Eder
Silva-Alves, Vancleber Divino
Diogo Da Silva, Odair
De Fátima Rocha Seba, Mariany
Araújo Goebel, Larissa Gabriela
Dos Santos Filho, Manoel
Silva, Dionei José da

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-8-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

1049--1053

Subjects

Amazon , Biogeography , Cerrado , Elapomorphini , Reptiles , snake

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.4.1049

 

Abstract

The fossorial snake Apostolepis kikoi Santos et al., 2018 is known only from its type locality, in Chapada dos Guimarães, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Here, we present the first records of this species after its description, expanding its distribution to transition areas between the Amazon and Cerrado biomes, in the southwestern portion of Mato Grosso. The new record expands the known distribution of A. kikoi by 297 km west from the type locality. In addition, we provide data on morphological variation by comparing our sample with the type series.