Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858)

Guedes, Thaís B., Nogueira, Cristiano & Marques, Otavio A. V., 2014, Diversity, natural history, and geographic distribution of snakes in the Caatinga, Northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 3863 (1), pp. 1-93 : 47

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scientific name	Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858)
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Philodryas patagoniensis (Girard, 1858) View in CoL “Corre-campo, corredeira”

(Figs. 17.6 and 29.4)

Recorded in the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Bahia, and North Minas Gerais. It inhabits low altitude areas, between sea level to 500 m elevation. It is a widely distributed species that occurs in Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Pampas, and Pantanal regions ( Marques et al. 2001, 2005; Bérnils et al. 2008; Nogueira et al. 2010), often in open, grassy habitats. The records of this species in Caatinga are sparse, probably related to herbaceous and grassy vegetation. The species has terrestrial habits, is diurnal, and feeds on vertebrates ( Marques et al. 2001, 2005).

References

Bernils, R. S., Giraudo, A. R., Carreira, S. & Cechin, S. Z. (2008) Repteis das porcoes subtropical e temperada da regiao Neotropical. Ciencia e Ambiente, 35, 101 - 136.

Marques, O. A. V., Eterovic, A. & Sazima, I. (2001) Serpentes da Mata Atlantica: Guia Ilustrado para a Serra do Mar. Holos Editora, Ribeirao Preto, 184 pp.

Marques, O. A. V., Eterovic, A., Strussmann, C. & Sazima, I. (2005) Serpentes do Pantanal: Guia ilustrado. Holos Editora, Ribeirao Preto, 184 pp.

Nogueira, C., Colli, G. R., Costa, G. & Machado, R. B. (2010) Diversidade de repteis Squamata e evolucao do conhecimento faunistico no Cerrado. In: Diniz, I. R., Marinho-Filho, J., Machado, R. B. & Cavalcanti, R. B. (Eds.), Cerrado: conhecimento cientifico quantitativo como subsidio para acoes de conservacao. Editora UNB, Brasilia, pp. 333 - 375.