Apostolepis gaboi

Apostolepis gaboi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Apostolepis
Species:
A. gaboi
Binomial name
Apostolepis gaboi
Rodrigues, 1993

Apostolepis gaboi, known commonly as the sand dunes blackhead and the cobra-rainha das dunas in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, gaboi, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Gabriel Omar Skuk Sugliano, whose nickname is "Gabo".[3]

Geographic range

A. gaboi is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. gaboi is shrubland with sandy soil.[1]

Description

Dorsally, A. gaboi is rust-colored, with seven black lines. The tip of the tail is black, resembling the head. The fifth and sixth upper labials contact the parietal.[2]

Behavior

A. gaboi is fossorial, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.[1]

Reproduction

A. gaboi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; da Costa, T.B.G. (2020). "Apostolepis gaboi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15156375A123738594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15156375A123738594.en.
  2. ^ a b c d e Apostolepis gaboi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Apostolepis gaboi, p. 96).

Further reading

  • Braz, Henrique B.; Kasperoviczus, Karina N.; Guedes, Thaís B. (2019). "Reproductive Biology of the Fossorial Snake Apostolepis gaboi (Elapomorphini): A Threatened and Poorly Known Species from the Caatinga Region". South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (1): 37–47.
  • Guedes TB, Barbo FE, França D, Zaher H (2018). "Morphological variation of the rare psammophilous species Apostolepis gaboi (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini)". Zootaxa 4418 (5): 469–480.
  • Lema T (2001). "Fossorial snake genus Apostolepis from South America (Serpentes: Colubidae: Elapomorphinae)". Cuadernos de Herpetología 15 (1): 29–43.
  • Rodrigues MT (1993). "Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio São Francisco: Bahia: Brasil. 5. Duas novas espécies de Apostolepis (Ophidia, Colubridae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 54 (2): 53-59. (Apostolepis gaboi, new species). (in Portuguese).



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