Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837)
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https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/1954 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15000341 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AA003F-FF9F-FFD9-2E32-2C55FBD265F2 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837) |
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Leopard Keelback,
Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837)
A deceased juvenile individual ( Fig. 14 View Fig ) was photographed at Villarrica (25°44’56’’S 56°26’05’’W), Guairá department on 25 November 2022 by Victor Duarte, representing the first departmental record. It is easily recognizable based on the distinctive head shape and eyecatching ventral colouration ( Cacciali 2024). This GoogleMaps is an abundant snake in wetlands of the Paraguay River Basin GoogleMaps and this latest record approximately corresponds to the eastern limits of its known distribution in Paraguay. The GoogleMaps species has been previously reported from Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caaguazú, Central GoogleMaps , Concepción, Cordillera, Itapúa, Misiones, Ñeembucú, Paraguarí, Presidente Hayes and San Pedro departments in Paraguay ( Cabral and Weiler, 2014; Cacciali et al., 2016b; Smith et al., 2024). It GoogleMaps is considered to be “Least Concern” in Paraguay ( Martínez et al., 2020c).
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