Tropidophis preciosus Curcio et al., 2012

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 : 8

Tropidophis preciosus Curcio et al., 2012

Type locality. Village of Conselheiro Mata , near Diamantina, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 37A ). Restricted to the central portion of the Atlantic Forest, near its contact with the Cerrado, along the EspinhaÇo Range ( Plt. 37A ) at intermediate to high elevations ( Plt. 37B ). Observed in the field in grasslands on rocky outcrops ( Curcio et al., 2012).

Figures

Plate 37. Distribution map of Tropidophis preciosus in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation.Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.