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POINT-NOSED RACER Philodryas baroni CHACO
Perhaps the most distinctive of the Paraguayan racers on account of its vivid colouration and upturned snout, this is however a rarely recorded species which inhabits the more inhospitable areas of the Dry Chaco. Semi-arboreal (which likely adds to the difficulties in detection) it is an active pursuit hunter of small mammals and birds. Green and brown morphs are known.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP883PH) Adult green morph, Campo Iris, Departamento Boquerón (Chris Englehardt August 2014).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP884PH) Same individual head detail (Chris Englehardt August 2014).
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