Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 33

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3863.1.1

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scientific name

Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Spilotes pullatus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL “Caninana”

(Figs. 12.8 and 25.4)

Recorded in all states of the Caatinga, except Rio Grande do Norte, probably due to sampling gap. Recorded both in low and high altitudes (up to 1,000 m elevation). Besides its occurrence in Caatinga, it is widely distributed in Atlantic Forest, Amazon Forest, Cerrado, and Pantanal ( Cunha & Nascimento 1978; Strüssmann & Sazima 1993; Martins & Oliveira 1998; Marques et al. 2001; Argôlo 2004; Marques et al. 2005; Marques et al. 2005; Sawaya et al. 2008; Nogueira et al. 2010; Zaher et al. 2011), generally associated to forested habitats ( Marques 1998; Barbo et al. 2011; Zaher et al. 2011; Hamdan & Lira-da-Silva 2012). Inside Caatinga, It inhabits all phytophisiognomies, preferably bushy and arboreal caatinga vegetation and also forested enclaves. It has semi-arboreal habits, is diurnal, and feeds on vertebrates ( Marques et al. 2001, 2005).

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Cunha, O. R. & Nascimento, F. P. (1978) Ofidios da Amazonia X - As cobras da regiao leste do Para. Publicacoes Avulsas do Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi, 31, 1 - 218.

Handam, B. & Lira-da-Silva, R. M. (2012) The snakes of Bahia State, northeastern Brazil: species richness, composition and biogeographical notes. Salamandra, 48, 31 - 50.

Marques, O. A. V. (1998) Composicao faunistica, historia natural e ecologia de serpentes da Mata Atlantica, na regiao da Estacao Ecologica de Jureia-Itatins, Sao Paulo, SP. Unpublished PhDThesis, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 142 pp.

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.

Martins, M. & Oliveira, E. (1998) Natural history of snakes in forests in Manaus region, Central Amazonia, Brazil. Herpetological Natural History, 6, 78 - 150.

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.

Sawaya, R. J., Marques, O. A. V. & Martins, M. (2008) Composition and natural history of a Cerrado snake assemblage at Itirapina, Sao Paulo state, southeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 8, 127 - 149. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1590 / S 1676 - 06032008000200015

Strussmannn, C. & Sazima, I. (1993) The snake assemblage of the Pantanal at Pocone, western Brazil: faunal composition and ecological summary. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 28, 157 - 168. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 01650529309360900

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Squamata

Family

Colubridae

Genus

Spilotes