Ptychophis flavovirgatus Gomes, 1915

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Ptychophis flavovirgatus Gomes, 1915

Type locality. São Bento do Sul , state of Santa Catarina, Brazil .

Distribution. Endemic to Brazil ( Plt. 350A ). Widespread in Araucaria Forest, with marginal records in the Atlantic Forest and Pampas Grasslands ( Plt. 350A ), mostly at high elevations ( Plt. 350B ). Observed in the field in aquatic habitats in open areas ( Scartozzoni and Marques, 2004).

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Plate 350. Distribution map of Ptychophis flavovirgatus in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.