New record of Hydrodynastes gigas (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes, Dipsadinae) in northeastern Brazil

By

Santos Junior, Daniel Luiz Dos
Sales, Raul Fernandes Dantas
Jorge, Jaqueiuto S.
Freire, Eliza Maria Xavier

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-4-17

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

457--460

Subjects

Atlantic forest , range extension , Rio Grande do Norte , snake , South America

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.2.457

 

Abstract

The first record of Hydrodynastes gigas is reported from Rio Grande do Norte, the northeasternmost state of Brazil. The new record extends this species’ known geographic distribution by 796 km southeast and 173 km north from the nearest previously known localities. The new record is from an estuary, with semi-deciduous forests, mangroves, and sand dunes, in the Atlantic Forest. This is the fifth known occurrence of H. gigas in the Northeast Region of Brazil.