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
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Herpetozoa
2024
2024-07-10
37
201
211
journal article
299645
10.3897/herpetozoa.37.e120130
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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.