Boiruna maculata ( Boulenger, 1896 )

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 : 37

Boiruna maculata ( Boulenger, 1896)

Type locality. Uruguay .

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, mostly along the southern portion of the South American open diagonal ( Plt. 308A ). In Brazil, recorded in the Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, Chaco, Chiquitano Dry Forest, Pampas Grasslands, and Pantanal ( Plt. 308A ), at low to high elevations ( Plt. 308B ). Observed in the field in open habitats including grassland and savanna ( Gaiarsa et al., 2013; Sawaya et al., 2008).

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Plate 308. Distribution map of Boiruna maculata in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.