Vine snakes (Oxybelis) and Sharpnose snakes (Xenoxybelis) (Squamata, Serpentes) from lowlands of Bolivia, with first records of Oxybelis inkaterra for the country Author Rivas, Luis R. 0000-0002-3156-9705 Centro de Investigación de Recursos Acuáticos, Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia Author Rey-Ortíz, Gustavo Colección Boliviana de Fauna, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, La Paz, Bolivia Author Eversole, Cord B. 0000-0002-7643-6201 Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, USA Author Powell, Randy L. Centro de Investigación de Recursos Acuáticos, Universidad Autónoma del Beni José Ballivián, Trinidad, Beni, Bolivia Author Navarro-Cornejo, Gonzalo Departamento de Herpetología, Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Author Cortez, Edson Departamento de Herpetología, Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno, Santa Cruz, Bolivia Author Ocampo, Mauricio 0000-0001-7365-3350 Red de Investigadores en Herpetología-Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia Author Callapa, Gabriel Bolivian Amphibian Initiative, Cochabamba, Bolivia Author Muñoz, Arturo Bolivian Amphibian Initiative, Cochabamba, Bolivia & Animal Nutrition Unit, Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium text Herpetozoa 2024 2024-07-10 37 201 211 journal article 299645 10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e120130 8804393c-f571-4825-8c18-f5dc80a060df E3EC843B-724C-483B-8159-BA4332FE5E9A Oxybelis fulgidus ( Daudin, 1803 ) Fig. 1 C, D Specimens examined. One adult female ( CIRAH - 929) collected at 1145 h on 24 June 2022 from Buen Retiro community. One adult male ( MNKR - 2120) collected on 01 March 1999 from Ixiamas, Barraca, Santa Rosa, Río Manurimi. One adult ( CBF - 0223) collected on 10 July 1986 from Guanay. One adult male ( CBF - 0437) collected on 02 June 1990 from La Asunta. One adult ( CBF - 2345) collected on 31 January 2007 from Chalalán, Parque Nacional y Area Natural de Manejo Integrado Madidi (PNyANMI Madidi). One adult male ( CBF - 0866) collected on 07 October 1995 from San Antonio (Table 1 , Fig. 3 ). Morphometric and meristic characters. Snout-vent length 969–1322 mm (adults, n = 6). Tail length 531–587 mm (n = 6). Smooth dorsal scales 17-17 - 13 rows (100 %), vertebral and paravertebrals keeled, without apical pits. Ventral scales 202–220 (x ̅ = 211). Subcaudal scales 145–156 (x ̅ = 152). Divided cloacal plate (100 %). Loreal absent (100 %). Preocular 1 (100 %). Postoculars 2 (100 %). Temporals 1 + 2 (100 %). Supralabials 9–10 (10 / 10 in 83 % of specimens and 9 / 9 in 17 %); fifth, sixth and seventh contact the orbit (83 %) and fifth and sixth contact the orbit (17 %). Infralabials 10 (100 %); the first four contact the first pair of chin shields (100 %) (Table 2 ); and fourth, fifth and sixth in contact with the second pair of chin shields. Coloration pattern. Upper region of the head green; supralabials and ventral surface of head yellowish green, the color transition is not separated by any line; it is evident from the rostral to the last supralabial. Dorsal surface of body uniform green; yellowish-green ventral surface with two yellow ventrolateral lines extending from the throat to the tail (Fig. 1 C, D ). Ecological notes. The specimen CIRAH - 929 was found capturing a bird in the crown of a pacay tree ( Inga sp. ) at an approximate height of 5.5 m from the ground. Found in a rural village, typical of Amazonian Bolivia , surrounded by secondary Amazonian forest where the harvesting of Brazilian nuts ( Bertholletia excelsa ) and the açaí palm ( Euterpe oleracea ) are common.