Filling gaps in the southern range of the endangered snake Philodryas agassizii: new localities in Tandilia highland grassland, Argentina

VERA, DAVID GUSTAVO; BERKUNSKY, IGOR; TETTAMANTI, GERMÁN; EIRIN, MANUEL; KACOLIRIS, FEDERICO PABLO; DI PIETRO, DIEGO OMAR

Neotropical Biology and Conservation

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Año: 2020 vol. 15 p. 351 - 357

Philodryas agassizii is an endangered snake of shrubland and grasslands well preserved in Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and Uruguay. In the southeastern area of its range, this snake was only found associ- ated with highland grassland of the Tandilia and Ventania mountain systems, Argentina. In this work, we described six new records of Philodryas agassizii from the Tandilia Mountain System, which repre- sent four new localities for the species. These records extend the known range of Philodryas agassizii in the Tandilia mountain system, 100 km from the closest previously known site.