Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Echinantherini, Taeniophallus poecilopogon (Cope, 1863): Rediscovery in Argentina

SANTIAGO JAVIER NENDA; DIEGO DI PIETRO

Check List Journal of species lists and distribution

CRIA

Año: 2009 vol. 5 p. 503 - 506

1809-127X

In Argentina Taeniophallus poecilopogon has been reported in the literature for Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, and Misiones provinces. One voucher specimen is deposited in the Museo di Torino, MZUT R-819, from Las Flores, Buenos Aires province (Figure 1A), illustrated by Jan and Sordelli (1866, Volume I, Livraison 16, Plate 1, Figure 3) and by Cei (1993, Figure 99: C, D; p. 669), and represents a historical record of Taeniophallus poecilopogon in Argentina. Despite these multiple reports, specimens of T. poecilopogon from Argentina are poorly represented in herpetological collections, and only two specimens are known until now.In the present contribution we report and describe the second specimen of Taeniophallus poecilopogon from Argentina.