Biology:Apostolepis gaboi
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Short description: Species of snake
| Apostolepis gaboi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Apostolepis |
| Species: | A. gaboi
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| Binomial name | |
| Apostolepis gaboi Rodrigues, 1993
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Apostolepis gaboi, also known commonly as the sand dunes blackhead and the cobra-rainha das dunas in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.[2] The species is endemic to Brazil .[2]
Etymology
The specific name, gaboi, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Gabriel Omar Skuk Sugliano, whose nickname is "Gabo".[3]
Geographic range
A. gaboi is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia.[1][2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of A. gaboi is shrubland with sandy soil.[1]
Description
Dorsally, A. gaboi is rust-colored, with seven black lines. The tip of the tail is black, resembling the head. The fifth and sixth upper labials contact the parietal.[2]
Behavior
A. gaboi is fossorial, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Silveira AL, Prudente AL da C, Argôlo AJS, Abrahão CR, Nogueira C de C, Barbo FE, Costa GC, Pontes GMF, Colli GR, Zaher H el D, Borges-Martins M, Martins MRC, Oliveira ME, Passos PGH, Bérnils RS, Sawaya RJ, Cechin CTZ, da Costa TBG (2020). "Apostolepis gaboi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T15156375A123738594. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15156375/123738594. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Apostolepis gaboi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Apostolepis gaboi, p. 96).
Further reading
- Braz, Henrique B.; Kasperoviczus, Karina N.; Guedes, Thaís B. (2019). "Reproductive Biology of the Fossorial Snake Apostolepis gaboi (Elapomorphini): A Threatened and Poorly Known Species from the Caatinga Region". South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (1): 37–47.
- Guedes TB, Barbo FE, França D, Zaher H (2018). "Morphological variation of the rare psammophilous species Apostolepis gaboi (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini)". Zootaxa 4418 (5): 469–480.
- Lema T (2001). "Fossorial snake genus Apostolepis from South America (Serpentes: Colubidae: Elapomorphinae)". Cuadernos de Herpetología 15 (1): 29–43.
- Rodrigues MT (1993). "Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio São Francisco: Bahia: Brasil. 5. Duas novas espécies de Apostolepis (Ophidia, Colubridae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 54 (2): 53-59. (Apostolepis gaboi, new species). (in Portuguese).
Wikidata ☰ Q2858543 entry
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