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Photographs on this page were taken by Bert Vandebosch, David Gill and Leila K and are used with their permission.
SPOT-BELLIED SLUG-EATING SNAKE Sibynomorphus ventrimaculatus
This small innocuous snake is an uncommon member of the herpetofauna of eastern Paraguay. Looking at it you may be forgiven for confusing it with the Tigrada Slug-eating Snake. However the most obvious difference between the two species is very subtle. Check along the spinal column of the animal - if the scales are hexagonal you are dealing with this species (FPREP211PH), if they are rhomboid it is the other!!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP204PH) Adult dorsal, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Bert Vandebosch November 2008).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP205PH) Same individual dorsal (Bert Vandebosch November 2008).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP206PH) Same individual head detail (Bert Vandebosch November 2008).
FIGURE 4 - (FPREP207PH) Adult dorsal, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (David Gill March 2008).
FIGURE 5 - (FPREP208PH) Same individual ventral (David Gill March 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPREP209PH) Same individual head detail (David Gill March 2008).
FIGURE 7 - (FPREP210PH) Same individual dorsal pattern (David Gill March 2008).
FIGURE 8 - (FPREP211PH) Scale detail,  PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Leila K August 2008).
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