Hydrops caesurus Scrocchi et al., 2005

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Hydrops caesurus Scrocchi et al., 2005

Type locality. “Isla Paloma , Canal de los Jesuitas, Rio Paraná, Itapúa, Paraguay.”

Distribution. Known from Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay, along the Paraguay River drainage ( Plt. 290A ). In Brazil,recorded in the Pantanal and Cerrado ( Plt. 290A ) at low elevations ( Plt. 290B ). Observed in the field in rivers and seasonally flooded areas ( Scrocchi et al., 2005; Duleba et al., 2015).

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Plate 290. Distribution map of Hydrops caesurus in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.