Английская Википедия:Helicops gomesi
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Helicops gomesi, also known commonly as the São Paulo keelback and cobra d'água in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.
Etymology
The specific name, gomesi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist João Florêncio Gomes.[1]
Geographic range
H. gomesi is found in the Brazilian states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, and São Paulo.[2][3]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of H. gomesi are forest and savanna.[2]
Description
H. gomesi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of Шаблон:Cvt.[2] Both dorsally and ventrally, it is brown, with some darker markings. Its dorsal scales are arranged in 19 rows throughout the length of its body.[3]
Diet
H. gomesi preys upon fishes and amphibians.[2]
Reproduction
H. gomes is oviparous. Clutch size is 7–22 eggs.[2]
References
Further reading
- Amaral A (1922). "Contribuição para o conhecimento dos Ofidios do Brazil. Parte I. Quatro noves espécies de serpentes brasileiras [= Contribution to the knowledge of the Ophidians of Brazil. Part I. Four new species of Brazilian serpents]". Anexos das Memórias do Instituto Butantan, Secção de Ofiologia 1 (1): 1–37. (Helicops gomesi, new species. p. 7). (in Portuguese).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Helicops gomesi, p. 99).
- Zaher H, Barbo FE Sanchez Martinez P, Nogueira C, Rodrigues MT, Sawaya RJ (2011). "Répteis do Estado de São Paulo: conhecimento atual e perspectivas [= Reptiles from São Paulo State: current knowledge and perspectives]". Biota Neotropica 11 (1): 1–15. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Helicops gomesi, p. 103).
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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