Tantilla boipiranga SAWAYA & SAZIMA, 2003
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Tantilla boipiranga
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Tantilla boipiranga SAWAYA & SAZIMA 2003 Tantilla boipiranga — WALLACH et al. 2014: 699 Tantilla boipiranga — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | SE Brazil (Minas Gerais [HR 34: 390]) Type locality: “montane fields of the Serra do Cipó, Santana do Riacho, Minas Gerais, SE Brazil (19° 17’ S, 43° 36’ W), elevation 1200 m. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZUEC 1840, adult male |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: presence of seven supralabial scales; two postoculars scales; 143–160 ventral scales and 56–70 subcaudals in males; 153–172 ventrals and 51–59 subcaudals in females; presence of a black cephalic cap that can extend weakly to the temporal region, followed by a pale nuchal band medially divided, a black collar at the neck and a posteriorly discreet pale band, more evident laterally; presence of subocular black blotch; uniform dorsal reddish orange colour, sometimes presenting a discreet black vertebral longitudinal line; and presence of hemipenis elongated ornamented with large spines in the asulcate surface of distal region of hemipenial body (Santos-Azevedo et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Abundance: rare; Tantilla boipiranga was described based on four specimens from the highlands of Minas Gerais. Synonymy: although T. boipiranga represents a monophyletic clade oit nests genetically within T. melanocephala |
| Etymology | Named after the words “boi” (= snake) and “piranga” (= red) in the Tupi native Brazilian language. The reddish pattern is shared with T. rubra. T. boipiranga may mimic the similarly colored colubrids of the genus Phalotris. |
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