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Hydrodynastes melanogigas Franco, Fernandes and Bentim, 2007 (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae): range extension and new state record

  • Nelson da Silva Jr.,
  • Breno Hamdan,
  • Itamar Jr. Tonial,
  • Hélder da Silva,
  • Carlos Cintra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15560/8.4.813
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 4
pp. 813 – 814

Abstract

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Two specimens of the poorly known Colubridae snake Hydrodynastes melanogigas were collected in the municipality of Carolina, southwestern state of Maranhão in gallery forests on the Tocantins River. These records represent the northernmost locality for the species.