Thamnodynastes cf. nattereri ( Mikan, 1820 )

Nogueira, Cristiano C., Argôlo, Antonio J. S., Arzamendia, Vanesa, Azevedo, Josué A., Barbo, Fausto E., Bérnils, Renato S., Bolochio, Bruna E., Borges-Martins, Marcio, Brasil-Godinho, Marcela, Braz, Henrique, Buononato, Marcus A., Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F., Colli, Guarino R., Costa, Henrique C., Franco, Francisco L., Giraudo, Alejandro, Gonzalez, Rodrigo C., Guedes, Thaís, Hoogmoed, Marinus S., Marques, Otavio A. V., Montingelli, Giovanna G., Passos, Paulo, Prudente, Ana L. C., Rivas, Gilson A., Sanchez, Paola M., Serrano, Filipe C., Silva Jr., Nelson J., Strüssmann, Christine, Vieira-Alencar, João Paulo S., Zaher, Hussam, Sawaya, Ricardo J. & Martins, Marcio, 2019, Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna, South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (s 1), pp. 1-274 : 41

Thamnodynastes cf. nattereri ( Mikan, 1820)

Type locality. “Sebastianópolis,” currently Rio de Janeiro, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (U. Caramaschi, pers. comm. in Franco and Ferreira, 2002). Coluber nattereri was formerly in the synonymy of T. strigilis ( Thunberg, 1787) , a name adopted for many Thamnodynastes species with 19 keeled dorsal scale rows ( Franco and Ferreira, 2002). The type specimen is lost, and ongoing taxonomic studies ( V. Trevine, pers. comm.) will clarify the association of a name to this species, which is diagnosable from all known congeners with 19 dorsal scale rows by its weakly keeled dorsals and the immaculate ventral portion of head ( Franco and Ferreira, 2002).

Distribution. Known from Brazil and Uruguay ( Plt. 352A ). In Brazil, widespread in the Atlantic Forest, with marginal records in Pampas Grasslands, Araucaria Forest, and Caatinga ( Plt. 352A ). Recorded from low to intermediate elevations ( Plt. 352B ). Observed in the field in forest ( Marques and Sazima, 2004; Hartmann et al., 2009; Dorigo et al., 2014) and open areas ( Guedes et al., 2014).

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Plate 352. Distribution map of Thamnodynastes cf. nattereri in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.