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Description of a new species of Apostolepis based on three
specimens labelled A. borellii from Bolivia in The Museum of Natural
History of London. The new species belongs to the borellii Group which
is at present only represented by the species A. borellii. This new species
differs from A borelii by the following characters: (a) snout with median
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... The species which are most similar are A. serrana Lema and Renner (Figure 3) and A. striata Lema (Figure 4) differing from both, mainly by nucho-cervical collars absent in these species. Apostolepis aff. borellii is another species showing similari- ties following analysis at the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul campus Corumbá by Nelson R Albuquerque. The major difference is the shape of the supralabial blotch triangular in the latter and trapezoidal in the new ...
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... Furthermore, A. assimilis can be distinguished from Apostolepis adhara França, Barbo, Silva-Jr, Silva, and Zaher, 2018, Apostolepis arenaria Rodrigues, 1993 Ruthven, 1927, Apostolepis thalesdelemai Borges-Nojosa, Lima, Bezerra, and James, 2017, Apostolepis underwoodi Lema & Campbell, 2017, and Apostolepis vittata (Cope, 1887) based on a combination of its uniformly red dorsal pattern (none, two, three, five, seven, or eleven dorsal stripes, over red, yellow, brown, black or gray background coloration) with presence of white and black ...
Apostolepis is a diverse Dipsadid snake genus, with 35 known species, inhabiting most of South America at east of the Andes. In this study, we redescribe Apostolepis assimilis Reinhardt, 1861, and evaluate the taxonomic status of a controversial taxon, Apostolepis tertulianobeui, described based on a single specimen from an unknown locality of Minas Gerais state, southeastern Brazil. A careful reanalysis of the type specimen and additional material provides compelling evidence for the synonymy of A. tertulianobeui with A. assimilis. We also provide comments on the taxonomy of Apostolepis, osteological and hemipenial descriptions, and a species distribution modelling for A. assimilis.
... About 40 species of Apostolepis are currently recognized and 33 species are presumed to occur in Brazil (Costa & Bérnils 2018;dos Santos et al. 2018;Uetz et al. 2007). Recent studies on the genus revealed new species (Borges-Nojosa et al. 2016;dos Santos et al. 2018;Lema 2016;Lema & Campbell 2017), improved species diagnoses (Costa & Bérnils 2015;Curcio et al. 2011;Lema 2003;Loebmann & Lema 2012;Nogueira et al. 2012), and expanded geographical distributions (Entiauspe-Neto et al. 2014). Yet, most species are known from a few specimens and localities; therefore, the taxonomy, biogeography, ecology and conservation status of Apostolepis are still poorly known (Harvey 1999;Lema 2001). ...
We describe a specimen of Apostolepis phillipsi Harvey, 1999, from Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, Mato Grosso, establishing the first unambiguous record of the species in Brazil. The new locality is ca. 120 km from the type locality, in Bolivia. We present an updated species diagnosis, the first image of a living specimen, and the first description of A. phillipsi coloration in life. Even though the Brazilian range of A. phillipsi lies within a protected area (Parque Estadual Serra Ricardo Franco-PESRF), it is threatened by cattle raising, logging and agriculture. PESRF lacks formal delimitation and a management plan, and the Mato Grosso State Legislature is considering a decree to extinguish PESRF, which could cause the extirpation of the Brazilian range of several endemic species.
... Apostolepis mariae Borges-Nojosa et al. 2017(2016; A. roncadori Lema, 2016;A. thalesdelemai Borges-Nojosa et al. 2016; A. underwoodi Lema & Campbell, 2017). None of these studies presented descriptions of osteology or hemipenes, nor do they include molecular support for their proposed species, relying exclusively upon highly variable morphological characters such as coloration and body shape. ...
Apostolepis is a diverse neotropical snake genus, which has been historically subjected to poor taxonomic descriptions, largely based on either a small type series or subjective diagnoses. We evaluate the case of Apostolepis barrioi Lema, 1978 and its intricate taxonomic history, suggesting its synonymization with Apostolepis dimidiata (Jan, 1862), and providing brief commentary on the taxonomic instability that has been plaguing the genus.
... Institutional acronyms are as listed in Sabaj (2016), except for UFAC (Coleção Herpetológica da Universidade Federal do Acre, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil) and UFMT (Coleção Zoológica de Vertebrados da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil). Specimens of the new species were compared with 85 museum specimens of 15 species of Apostolepis (see Appendix) and data from the literature (e.g., Amaral 1925, Harvey et al. 2001, Lema 2003b, 2004, Lema and Renner 2004, Curcio et al. 2011, Albuquerque and Lema 2012, Nogueira et al. 2012, Borges-Nojosa et al. 2016, Cabral et al. 2017, Lema and Campbell 2017. ...
During a faunal rescue conducted at a hydroelectric power station constructed in a Cerrado savanna area in the state of Mato Grosso, a sample of five small stripe-patterned individuals of snakes of the genus Apostolepis Cope, 1862 document the existence of an undescribed species, which is named herein. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of scale counts, number of maxillary teeth and color pattern. The new species is most similar to in its coloration pattern. However, it is distinguished from these species by having a pair of triangular blotches covering portions of the third to sixth supralabials, a white nuchal collar, the shape of the fourth supralabial and the shape of the tip of tail, the number of supralabials in contact with parietals, the size of the anterior chinshields, the color pattern of the paraventral side, parietal and terminal scales, the width of dorsal stripes, and a distinct number of subcaudals. The new species occurs in areas within the Cerrado biome.
