<documentid="AB06351CE02F61D5ACDCF4EFD8AD898F"ID-CLB-Dataset="28800"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.797.24549"ID-GBIF-Dataset="34d1766c-06f7-4d79-95e4-eb91bc7b0322"ID-PMC="PMC6255884"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-797-117"ID-PubMed="30505164"ID-ZooBank="26CC9F8421C346CAA4DD00915D394FFD"ModsDocAuthor=""ModsDocDate="2018"ModsDocID="1313-2970-797-117"ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 797"ModsDocTitle="Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil"checkinTime="1542678008870"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="enezes, Frederico de Alcantara, Abegg, Arthur Diesel, Silva, Bruno Rocha da, ranco, Francisco Luis & Feio, Renato Neves"docDate="2018"docId="3D0E9BE93F2E07CFB37E05C4264A45D5"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 797: 117-160"docOrigin="ZooKeys 797"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.797.24549"docTitle="Taeniophallus affinis Guenther 1858"docType="treatment"docVersion="7"lastPageNumber="117"masterDocId="B61A582FFFD2FFA3FFAC4B17FF865B14"masterDocTitle="Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil"masterLastPageNumber="160"masterPageNumber="117"originalUpdateDomain="Boston"originalUpdateTime="1542678008870"originalUpdateUser="pensoft"pageNumber="117"updateTime="1732598714637"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="C5D682BC95A582D75D97FA72D52E8B32">Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil</mods:title>
Species of small size (n = 3), diurnal, terrestrial and cryptozoic (
<bibRefCitationid="0E3B68A16DA5BA641240B6D294372673"pageId="0"pageNumber="117">Marques et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
). Two recently road-killed individuals were found during the day at 9:00 h and 14:00 h: one in an open area and the other in a forested area. A third individual was also found during the day in an open area, apparently at rest, near a watercourse. Of the three examined specimens, one presented fragments of anurans in its digestive tract. Available information indicates the diet is composed of anurans primarily, but also by lizards and amphisbaenians (
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,
<bibRefCitationid="F2D61C144F6F5BA124E8BB1320B79E5C"author="Barbo, FE"journalOrPublisher="Biota Neotropica"pageId="0"pageNumber="117"url="https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v2i2p113-114"year="2003">Barbo and Marques 2003</bibRefCitation>
). There is no information in the literature regarding the reproduction of the species. A female (SVL = 397 mm TL = 125 mm) presented five vitellogenic follicles in September. No defensive behavior was observed for this species.
This species is found at a minimum of sea level from the coast of Rio Grande do Sul to Rio de Janeiro and maximum at 1600 m a.s.l. in Parque Estadual Ibitipoca, Lima Duarte, MG (