Serpentes, Colubridae, Taeniophallus poecilopogon (Cope, 1863): Rediscovery in Corrientes, Argentina, and natural history

EDUARDO GABRIEL ETCHEPARE AND VÍCTOR HUGO ZARACHO; VICTOR H. ZARACHO

Check List, Journal of Species Lists and Distribution

Check List and Authors

Lugar: Campinas; Año: 2009 vol. 5 p. 770 - 772

1809-127X

Taeniophallus poecilopogon (Cope, 1863) is a non aggressive diurnal species that lives in open habitats searching refuge under rocks. It occurs in southern Brazil (Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states), Uruguay, northeastern Argentina, and southeastern Paraguay (Di-Bernardo 1992). In Argentina it was mentioned from provinces of Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Ríos and Misiones. However, according to the literature, T. poecilopogon is only represented by two specimens, one of them without precise locality. No vouchers are known from provinces of Corrientes and Entre Ríos, and about 110 years have passed without new records of T. poecilopogon from Argentina. Herein, we report the first record of Taeniophallus poecilopogon from province of Corrientes, Argentina, with voucher specimen, and present information about diet, parasitism and habitat.