Apostolepis assimilis ( Reinhardt, 1861 )

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 : 29

Apostolepis assimilis ( Reinhardt, 1861)

Type locality. Fazenda Capão do Porcos , near Brumado , “Campos region,” west of Serra do EspinhaÇo, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay ( Plt. 232A ), recorded in the southern portion of the Cerrado and its contact areas with the Atlantic Forest, with marginal records in the Pantanal and Caatinga ( Plt. 232A ), mostly at intermediate to high elevations ( Plt. 232B ). Observed in the field in open areas, forest border and disturbed areas ( Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998; Giraudo and Scrocchi,2002; Marques et al., 2009; Moreira et al., 2009; Sousa et al., 2010).

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Plate 232. Distribution map of Apostolepis assimilis in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.