Tropidophis paucisquamis (Müller in Schenkel, 1901) (Serpentes, Tropidophiidae): first record from Paraná state and southern Brazil

By

Vieira Capela, Danilo José
Abrahão Morato, Sérgio Augusto
Moura-Leite, Júlio César de
Prado, Fernando Do
Borges, Gustavo O.
Camilo, Luiz Henrique Argolo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-12-8

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

917--920

Subjects

Atlantic forest , Distribution , Parana , Southern Brazil , Tropidophis paucisquamis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.6.917

 

Abstract

The tropidophiid snake Tropidophis paucisquamis is an endemic species of the Atlantic Forest domain, occurring in southeastern Brazil from Espírito Santo to São Paulo states along the Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar as far as the slopes of Serra do Paranapiacaba, the southern limit of its known distribution. As part of our study of herpetofauna in the high Ribeira basin of Paraná, we report the first record of T. paucisquamis from the state. This extends the distribution of this species to southern Brazil.