Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863

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 : 47

Xenodon neuwiedii Günther, 1863

Type locality. Rio de Janeiro , state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil .

Distribution. Known from Argentina and Brazil along the Atlantic forest ( Plt. 402A ). In Brazil, widespread in Atlantic Forest and Araucaria Forest ( Plt. 402A ), from low to high elevations ( Plt. 402B ). Observed in the field in open areas, forest edges, and disturbed areas ( Giraudo and Scrocchi, 2002; Morato, 2005; Bérnils, 2009; Hartmann et al., 2009).

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Plate 402. Distribution map of Xenodon neuwiedii in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation.Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.