Dipsas turgida ( Cope, 1868 )

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 : 26

Dipsas turgida ( Cope, 1868)

Type locality. Paraguay .

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, mostly in the Chaco and adjacent regions ( Plt. 203A ). In Brazil, recorded mostly in the Cerrado and Pantanal, with marginal occurrences in the Atlantic Forest, Pantanal, Pampas Grasslands and Chiquitano Dry Forest ( Plt. 203A ), mostly at low elevations ( Plt. 203B ). Observed in the field in open habitats, including wet grasslands, savannas, and disturbed areas ( Carvalho and Nogueira, 1998; Arzamendia and Giraudo, 2002; Alvarez et al., 1995).

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Plate 203. Distribution map of Dipsas turgida in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.