Philodryas agassizii ( Jan, 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 : 35

Philodryas agassizii ( Jan, 1863)

Type locality. “ Uruguay ” (in error, according to Wallach et al., 2014). Corrected to Paraguay fide original data tag and MCZ Catalogue ( Wallach et al., 2014).

Distribution. Known from the southern portion of South America, in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay ( Plt. 296A ). In Brazil, widespread in Pampas Grasslands and the southern portion of the Cerrado, with marginal records in Araucaria Forest, Atlantic Forest, and Caatinga ( Plt. 296A ). Recorded mostly in low areas in the southern part of the range, and in intermediate to high elevation areas near its northern limits ( Plt. 296B ). Observed in the field in grassland and savanna ( Nogueira, 2001; Marques et al., 2006; Winck et al., 2007).

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Plate 296. Distribution map of Philodryas agassizii in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.