New record of an alien snake Pantherophis guttatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil

The snake Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766), popularly known as the corn snake, it is a semi-arboreal snake belonging to the Colubridae family, small in size (about 1800 mm in total length), distributed throughout North America, inhabiting forested, open and urban environments preying on small...

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Autores principales: Maranhão dos Santos, Ednilza, Vilella Nunes Machado Tavares, Iza, Silva Santos, Maria Laura, de Sousa Correia, Jozélia Maria, Clericuzi, Tatiane, Marinho Valença, Yuri
Formato: Articulo Comunicacion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2023
Materias:
Zoología
Pantherophis guttatus
New record
Pernambuco
Brazil
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/156935
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1569352023-08-25T20:03:10Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/156935 New record of an alien snake Pantherophis guttatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil Maranhão dos Santos, Ednilza Vilella Nunes Machado Tavares, Iza Silva Santos, Maria Laura de Sousa Correia, Jozélia Maria Clericuzi, Tatiane Marinho Valença, Yuri 2023-05 2023-08-25T18:20:48Z en Zoología Pantherophis guttatus New record Pernambuco Brazil The snake Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766), popularly known as the corn snake, it is a semi-arboreal snake belonging to the Colubridae family, small in size (about 1800 mm in total length), distributed throughout North America, inhabiting forested, open and urban environments preying on small mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles (Fisher and Csurhes, 2009; Hammerson 2007). It is sold as a pet in many countries and, according to Magalhães and São-Pedro (2012), pet escapes and abandonments are the main cause of this species introduction in natural environments. In Brazil, it has been registered so far by Fonseca et al. (2014) in a Conservation Unit and in an urban area located in a residential complex, both in the Atlantic Rainforest domain in the state of Bahia. The aim of this study was, therefore, to document another P. guttatus record, the first in a natural environment in the state of Pernambuco. Asociación Herpetológica Argentina Articulo Comunicacion http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) application/pdf 89-92
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topic Zoología
Pantherophis guttatus
New record
Pernambuco
Brazil
spellingShingle Zoología
Pantherophis guttatus
New record
Pernambuco
Brazil
Maranhão dos Santos, Ednilza
Vilella Nunes Machado Tavares, Iza
Silva Santos, Maria Laura
de Sousa Correia, Jozélia Maria
Clericuzi, Tatiane
Marinho Valença, Yuri
New record of an alien snake Pantherophis guttatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
topic_facet Zoología
Pantherophis guttatus
New record
Pernambuco
Brazil
description The snake Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus, 1766), popularly known as the corn snake, it is a semi-arboreal snake belonging to the Colubridae family, small in size (about 1800 mm in total length), distributed throughout North America, inhabiting forested, open and urban environments preying on small mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles (Fisher and Csurhes, 2009; Hammerson 2007). It is sold as a pet in many countries and, according to Magalhães and São-Pedro (2012), pet escapes and abandonments are the main cause of this species introduction in natural environments. In Brazil, it has been registered so far by Fonseca et al. (2014) in a Conservation Unit and in an urban area located in a residential complex, both in the Atlantic Rainforest domain in the state of Bahia. The aim of this study was, therefore, to document another P. guttatus record, the first in a natural environment in the state of Pernambuco.
format Articulo
Comunicacion
author Maranhão dos Santos, Ednilza
Vilella Nunes Machado Tavares, Iza
Silva Santos, Maria Laura
de Sousa Correia, Jozélia Maria
Clericuzi, Tatiane
Marinho Valença, Yuri
author_facet Maranhão dos Santos, Ednilza
Vilella Nunes Machado Tavares, Iza
Silva Santos, Maria Laura
de Sousa Correia, Jozélia Maria
Clericuzi, Tatiane
Marinho Valença, Yuri
author_sort Maranhão dos Santos, Ednilza
title New record of an alien snake Pantherophis guttatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_short New record of an alien snake Pantherophis guttatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_full New record of an alien snake Pantherophis guttatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_fullStr New record of an alien snake Pantherophis guttatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed New record of an alien snake Pantherophis guttatus (Squamata: Colubridae) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
title_sort new record of an alien snake pantherophis guttatus (squamata: colubridae) in the state of pernambuco, brazil
publishDate 2023
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/156935
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