Mussurana quimi (Franco, Marques & Puorto, 1997) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae): first records for Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil

By

Entiauspe-Neto, Omar Machado
Abegg, Arthur Diesel
Quintela, Fernando Marques
Loebmann, Daniel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-2-21

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

13

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

2053--4

Subjects

Atlantic forest , Geographical distribution , morphological variation , Pseudoboini

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2053

 

Abstract

Mussurana quimi is a species of Pseudoboini known from central, southeastern, and southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northeastern Argentina. We report the occurrence of this species in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, based on two specimens from Santa Maria municipality. This report extends this species’ distribution about 950 km south from its type locality and 330 km south from the nearest previous locality record (Posadas, Argentina). It also represent new southernmost records for M. quimi. We also provide brief comments on coloration and morphological variation of this species as well as an updated distribution map.