Apostolepis gaboi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Apostolepis
Species:
A. gaboi
Binomial name
Apostolepis gaboi
Rodrigues, 1993

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

A. gaboi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. Retrieved 17 November 2021.((cite journal)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e Apostolepis gaboi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
  3. ^ 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).

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