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Thanks to Thales de Lema and Hugo Cabral for confirming the identification of this specimen.
BLACK-HEADED TANTILLA Tantilla melanocephala
With just six specimens known from Paraguay this ia rarely encountered snake. The individual pictured here, found by Matthew Clay, is actually the first evidence of its presence in Boquerón department of the Paraguayan Chaco.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP907PH) Adult, Fortín Toledo, Departamento Boquerón (Oliver Schneider April 2015).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP908PH) Same individual as (FPREP907PH) (Oliver Schneider April 2015).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP909PH) Same individual as (FPREP907PH) (Oliver Schneider April 2015).
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