Dipsas pavonina (Schlegel, 1837)
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https://doi.org/ 10.15560/17.3.729 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B463861E-C704-2D5B-FF33-564A4024F7BB |
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Marcus |
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Dipsas pavonina (Schlegel, 1837) |
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Dipsas pavonina (Schlegel, 1837)
Material examined. ECUADOR • 1 adult; Napo Prov- ince, WWS; 00.6866°S, 077.6013°W; 1433 m a.s.l.; 6 Aug. 2019; QCAZ 17534 View Materials GoogleMaps .
Identification. These attenuate snakes have the head wider than the neck and very large eyes. These banded snakes have rectangular spots fused across the vertebral row of dorsal scales. There is a white band on the snout across the prefrontals, nasals, and the first 3 supralabials; the head is black. There is a white collar, and the venter is cream with irregular dark spots. The loreal scale en- ters the orbit and there are 0–1 preocular and 2–3 post- ocular scales. Males have 190–230 ventrals and females have 180–220. Subcaudals range from 80–130 in males and 70–130 in females.
Habitat. This specimen was found in a small tree at night in a clearing in secondary forest.
Remarks. This is only the second record for Napo Province and extends the known range of this species 40 km northeast ( Torres-Carvajal et al. 2020).
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