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SILVIA´S CORAL-SNAKE Micrurus silviae
Newly described from neighbouring Brazil and now newly found in San Rafael NP, this is the seventh species of coral snake recorded in Paraguay. Diagnostic characteristics of this species are the middle triad 1.5x the width of the outers, the black-tipped yellowish scales in the bands and the white gular region.
Cacciali P, Espínola D, Centrón Viñales S, Gauto Espínola I, Cabral H 2010 -  Squamata, Serpentes, Micrurus silviae Di-Bernardo, Borges-Martins and Silva, 2007: Presence confirmation in Paraguay - Check List 7(6): p809-810.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP635PH) Adult, Kanguery, Departamento Itapúa (Pier Cacciali July 2010).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP636PH) Same individual lateral head (Pier Cacciali July 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP637PH) Same individual dorsal head (Pier Cacciali July 2010).
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