Tropidophis paucisquamis (Muller, 1901)

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Tropidophis paucisquamis (Müller in Schenkel, 1901)

Type locality. Salesópolis , state of São Paulo, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 36A ). Restricted to the central portion of the Atlantic Forest ( Plt. 36A ) from intermediate to high elevations ( Plt. 36B ). Observed in the field in forest, near wetlands ( Antunes and Haddad, 2009; Forlani et al., 2010).

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Plate 36. Distribution map of Tropidophis paucisquamis in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.