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CERRADO STRIPED SNAKE Lygophis paucidens
Closely related to Lygophis dilepis, this handsome cerrado endemic has a wide range across central Brazil but is known from very few specimens. Its discovery in Paraguay in 2011 by Para La Tierra fieldworker Anna Kallberg extended its range into the Paraguayan cerrado, where to date it is known only from Reserva Natural Laguna Blanca in Departamento San Pedro. Download the publication of this record here:

Cacciali P, Smith P, Kallberg A, Pheasey H, Atkinson K  2013. Reptilia, Squamata, Serpentes Lygophis paucidens Hoge, 1952: First record for Paraguay. Check List 9: p131-132.

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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP691PH) Adult dorsal, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Anna Kallberg March 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP692PH) Same individual head (Anna Kallberg March 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP693PH) Same individual head (Anna Kallberg March 2011 - Para La Tierra).
FIGURE 4 - (FPREP694PH) Same individual scale detail (Anna Kallberg March 2011 - Para La Tierra).
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