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Apostolepis gaboi

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Species of snake

Apostolepis gaboi
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Apostolepis
Species: A. gaboi
Binomial name
Apostolepis gaboi
Rodrigues, 1993

Apostolepis gaboi, known commonly as the sand dunes blackhead and the cobra-rainha das dunas in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, gaboi, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Gabriel Omar Skuk Sugliano, whose nickname is "Gabo".

Geographic range

A. gaboi is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. gaboi is shrubland with sandy soil.

Description

Dorsally, A. gaboi is rust-colored, with seven black lines. The tip of the tail is black, resembling the head. The fifth and sixth upper labials contact the parietal.

Behavior

A. gaboi is fossorial, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.

Reproduction

A. gaboi is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; da Costa, T.B.G. (2020). "Apostolepis gaboi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15156375A123738594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15156375A123738594.en.
  2. ^ Apostolepis gaboi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Apostolepis gaboi, p. 96).

Further reading

  • Braz, Henrique B.; Kasperoviczus, Karina N.; Guedes, Thaís B. (2019). "Reproductive Biology of the Fossorial Snake Apostolepis gaboi (Elapomorphini): A Threatened and Poorly Known Species from the Caatinga Region". South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (1): 37–47.
  • Guedes TB, Barbo FE, França D, Zaher H (2018). "Morphological variation of the rare psammophilous species Apostolepis gaboi (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini)". Zootaxa 4418 (5): 469–480.
  • Lema T (2001). "Fossorial snake genus Apostolepis from South America (Serpentes: Colubidae: Elapomorphinae)". Cuadernos de Herpetología 15 (1): 29–43.
  • Rodrigues MT (1993). "Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio São Francisco: Bahia: Brasil. 5. Duas novas espécies de Apostolepis (Ophidia, Colubridae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 54 (2): 53-59. (Apostolepis gaboi, new species). (in Portuguese).


Taxon identifiers
Apostolepis gaboi


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