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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 31st, 2022.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Palusophis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Palusophis

Eastern Lizard Eater

Sumpf-Echsennatter

Sump-øglesnog

2019 Palusophis Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher (type species: Coluber bifossatus Raddi 1820)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The single species of this genus was previously assigned to Mastigodryas.
Distribution: As for the single species.

Palusophis bifossatus

Eastern Lizard Eater, Rio Tropical Racer, Swamp Racer, (Brown-lined Lizard-eater)

Sumpf-Echsennatter

Sump-øglesnog

1820 Coluber bifossatus Raddi
Drymobius bifossatus Boulenger 1894
Dryadophis bifossatus Stuart 1939
Mastigodryas bifossatus Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
Palusophis bifossatus Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher 2019
1823 Coluber capistratus Lichtenstein (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Montingelli 2009)
1825 Coluber Lichtensteinii Wied (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Montingelli 2009)
1837 Coluber pantherinus Schlegel (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Montingelli 2009)
Ptyas pantherinus Boettger 1885
1931 Drymobius bifossatus striatus Amaral
Dryadophis bifossatus striatus Stuart 1941
Mastigodryas bifossatus striatus Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
1931 Drymobius bifossatus triseriatus Amaral
Dryadophis bifossatus triseriatus Stuart 1941
Mastigodryas bifossatus triseriatus Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
1952 Dryadophis bifossatus villelai Hoge
Mastigodryas bifossatus villelai Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
1982 Mastigodryas bifossatus lacerdai Cunha & Nascimento

Other common names:
bifossatus: Common Brown-lined Lizard-eater
lacerdai: Lacerda's Lizard-eater
striatus: Savanna Striped Lizard-eater
triseriatus: Gray-bellied Lizard-eater
villelai: Villela's Lizard-eater
Remarks: Achaval Elena (2001) considered the presence of this species in Uruguay as erroneous, although previously reported from the country (e.g., Amaral 1929; Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970). However, no specimens were recorded until an introduced specimen was reported by Baldo, Borteiro, Brusquetti, García & Prigioni (2008), but natural occurence in the country remains unverified.
Introduced to: Uruguay.
Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para [incl. Marajo Island], Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de Janeiro [incl. Ilha Grande Island], Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins), Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Surinam, Venezuela.