First Record of the Snake Lygophis Meridionalis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) for the State of Rondônia, Northern Brazil

Herpetology Notes, volume 13: 145-149 (2020) (published online on 14 February 2020)

First record of the snake Lygophis meridionalis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) for the state of Rondônia, northern Brazil

Luiz Carlos Batista Turci¹,²,*, Arthur Diesel Abegg3,4, Conrado Mario da Rosa5, and Paulo Sérgio Bernarde¹

The snake Lygophis meridionalis (Schenkel, 1901) Rodrigues et al., 2015; Castro and Oliveira, 2017). Its belongs to the Family Dipsadidae Bonaparte, 1838, period of greatest activity is during the rainy season, allocated in the Subfamily Xenodontinae Bonaparte, from September to March (Sawaya et al., 2008), and it 1845 (Grazziotin et al., 2012). It is widely distributed feeds mainly on anurans and fish (Sawaya et al., 2008; throughout South America, from northeastern Argentina Forlani et al., 2010; Rodrigues et al., 2015). and Paraguay to Bolivia and central and southeastern In October 2017, during a herpetofauna study, a Brazil (Cacciali and Wüest, 2009). It occurs in several Lygophis meridionalis specimen was found (Figure 1). states in Brazil, throughout the Amazon, Atlantic The specimen was killed during the opening of a dirt Rainforest and Cerrado biomes, in areas restricted to road at the Chapadão do Paraíso Farm (12.2716°S, open Amazon savannahs, cerrados, and adjacent steppic 61.4359°O), in the municipality of Alto Alegre dos field habitats (Dixon, 1989; Bérnils, 2009). Parecis, southern Rondônia, Brazil. The specimen was Regarding its northern distribution region in Brazil, found in a secondary Submontane Ombrophylous Forest this species is known to occur in Amazonian savannah area, in an Amazon-Cerrado transition region (Vanzolini, areas in the states of Pará (Yuki and Barros 1997; França 1986), consistent with other records for this species in et al., 2006; Rodrigues et al., 2015) and Amazonas cerrado areas (Vitt et al., 2005; Dal Vechio et al., 2016) (Yuki and Barros 1997), and in cerrado areas in the state and Amazon savannahs (Yuki and Barros 1997; França of Tocantins (Vitt et al., 2005; Dal Vechio et al., 2016). et al., 2006; Rodrigues et al., 2015). The specimen It presents a thin, medium-sized body (141-649 mm) was collected (SISBIO 12178-14) and deposited at the (Sawaya et al., 2008 and), and predominantly diurnal Herpetological Collection of Universidade Federal do habits (Sawaya et al., 2008; França and Braz, 2013; Acre (UFACF 4318), at the Floresta Campus, located in the municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, Acre. Meristic

¹ Laboratório de Herpetologia, Centro Multidisciplinar, Campus Floresta, Universidade Federal do Acre, Cruzeiro do Sul, 69980-000, Acre, Brazil. ² Programa de Pós-Graduação Bionorte – Universidade Federal do Acre – UFAC, Campus Universitário-BR 364, Rio Branco,69920-900, Acre, Brazil. ³ Instituto Butantan, Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Avenida Vital Brasil, 1500, Butantã, 05503-900, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 4 Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Instituto de Biociências (IB-USP), Rua do Matão, 14, São Paulo, 05508-090, São Paulo, Brazil. 5 Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Programa de Pós- Graduação em Biodiversidade Animal, CCNE, Laboratório de Herpetologia, Av. Roraima 1000, 97105-00, Santa Maria, Figure 1. Adult female Lygophis meridionalis (UFACF4318) Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. from the municipality of Alto Alegre dos Parecis, Rondônia, * Corresponding author. E-mail:[email protected] Brazil. Photo by L.C. Turci. 146 Luiz Carlos Batista Turci et al.

area, besides providing a distribution map for the species in Brazil. Controversially, these authors claimed that very little data on the geographical distribution of L. meridionalis is available, Castro and Oliveira’s research was restricted to indexed journal, which may have led to negative bias. Thus, the classic works of Hoge (1952) and Michaud and Dixon (1987) and, consequently, a series of extremely important records throughout the states of Paraná, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais and São Paulo (Hoge, 1952; Bérnils, 2009) were not taken into account. With this in mind, the present study reports a revised, and much more Figure 2. Updated geographic distribution for Lygophis accurate geographical distribution of L. meridionalis meridionalis in South America (inset). The red dot represents through Brazil (Figure 2, Table 1). the new record found in Rondônia state and black dots Bernarde et al. (2012) updated the list of snakes for the represent previous records of the species. state of Rondônia through an extensive bibliographical survey, pointing out the occurrence of 118 species for this state. However, the author emphasizes the need and morphometric characteristics of UFACF 4318 are for more herpetofaunal studies to fill in the taxonomic, consistent with those defined by Dixon (1989) and ecological and zoogeographic gaps of some poorly Yuki and Barros (1997) for L. meridionalis, as follows: known taxa. The account of a Lygophis meridionalis supralabial 8/8, infralabial 10/10, dorsal scales 19/19/15, specimen in the municipality of Alto Alegre dos ventral 170, subcaudal 78; total length: 660 mm; snout- Parecis is the first record of this species for the state vent length: 480 mm; caudal length: 180 mm; weight: of Rondônia, and reinforces such demands. This new 25g (unfixed); sex: female. location represents an approximate extension of 432 km Castro and Oliveira (2017) recorded the occurrence of L. of the distribution of species from the nearest registry, meridionalis for the state of Espírito Santo, considerably in the municipality of San Joaquin, department of Beni, expanding its distribution along the Atlantic Rainforest Bolivia (Michaud and Dixon, 1987).

Table 1. Geographic distribution of Lygophis meridionalis in South America. Table 1. Geographic distribution of Lygophis meridionalis in South America.

Country State/ Municipality/ Lat. Long. Source Deparment Locality Argentina Corrientes Corrientes -27.4813 -58.8136 Giraudo (2001) Missiones Candelária -27.4918 -55.7492 Chebez et al. (1996) Posadas -27.3622 -55.9008 Chebez et al. (1996) Formosa Río Pilcomayo -25.1175 -58.1442 Cano et al. (2015) National Park Bolivia Beni San Joaquin -13.0416 -64.6680 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Santa Cruz Buena Vista -17.4587 -63.6692 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Brazil Amazonas Humaitá -7.5167 -63.0333 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Bahia Cocos -14.1167 -44.6833 Yuki and Barros (1998) Distrito - -15.7167 -48.1667 Freitas et al. (2016) Federal Espírito Santo Linhares -19.1519 -39.9078 França et al. (2008) Goiás Chapada dos -14.0667 -47.3833 Castro and Oliveira (2017) Veadeiros Aruanã -14.9170 -51.0755 França and Braz (2013) Goiânia -16.6859 -49.2658 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Aporé -18.9644 -51.9238 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Mineiros -17.5627 -52.5488 Vaz-Silva et al. (2007) Mato Grosso Cáceres -16.1431 -57.6814 Valduja et al. (2009) São Félix do Araguaia -11.6178 -50.6666 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Mato Grosso Aparecida do Tabuado -20.0876 -51.0966 Michaud and Dixon (1987) do Sul Aquidauana -20.4652 -55.7845 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Bataguaçu -21.7159 -52.4218 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Maracaju -21.6249 -55.1662 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Miranda -20.2388 -56.3729 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Terenos -20.4383 -54.8652 Hoge (1952) Três Lagoas -20.6833 -46.3833 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Minas Gerais Conceição do Mato -19.0387 -43.4346 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Dentro Lagoa Santa -19.6333 -43.9000 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Liberdade -22.0250 -44.3167 Bérnils (2009) Pirapora -17.3500 -44.9333 Bérnils (2009) Santa Bárbara -19.9667 -43.4167 Hoge (1952)/ Michaud and Dixon (1987) Sete Lagoas -19.4500 -44.2333 Bérnils (2009) Uberaba -19.7500 -47.9333 Hoge (1952)/Michaud and Dixon (1987) Uberlândia -18.9167 -48.2833 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Pará Serra do Cachimbo -8.2500 -49.2833 França et al. (2006) Marajó -0.9833 -49.7333 Rodrigues et al. (2015) Conceição do -8.2500 -49.2833 Yuki and Barros (1997) Araguaia

Table 1. Geographic distribution of Lygophis meridionalis in South America.

Aporé -18.9644 -51.9238 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Country State/ Municipality/ Lat. Long. Source Deparment MineirosLocality -17.5627 -52.5488 Vaz-Silva et al. (2007) Argentina MatoCorrientes Grosso CorrientesCáceres -16.1431-27.4813 -57.6814-58.8136 ValdujaGiraudo et(2001) al. (2009) Missiones São FélixCandelária do Araguaia -11.6178-27.4918 -50.6666-55.7492 MichaudChebez et and al. (1996)Dixon (1987) Mato Grosso AparecidaPosadas do Tabuado -20.0876-27.3622 -51.0966-55.9008 MichaudChebez et and al. (1996)Dixon (1987) Formosado Sul Río Pilcomayo -25.1175 -58.1442 Cano et al. (2015) NationalAquidauana Park -20.4652 -55.7845 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Bolivia Beni SanBataguaçu Joaquin -21.7159-13.0416 -52.4218-64.6680 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Santa Cruz BuenaMaracaju Vista -21.6249-17.4587 -55.1662-63.6692 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Brazil Amazonas HumaitáMiranda -20.2388-7.5167 -56.3729-63.0333 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Bahia TerenosCocos -20.4383-14.1167 -54.8652-44.6833 HogeYuki and(1952) Barros (1998) Distrito Três Lagoas- -20.6833-15.7167 -46.3833-48.1667 MichaudFreitas et andal. (2016) Dixon (1987) Federal Minas Gerais Conceição do Mato -19.0387 -43.4346 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Espírito Santo LinharesDentro -19.1519 -39.9078 França et al. (2008) Goiás ChapadaLagoa Santa dos -19.6333-14.0667 -43.9000-47.3833 MichaudCastro and and Oliveira Dixon (2017)(1987) Veadeiros Liberdade -22.0250 -44.3167 Bérnils (2009) Aruanã -14.9170 -51.0755 França and Braz (2013) Pirapora -17.3500 -44.9333 Bérnils (2009) Goiânia -16.6859 -49.2658 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Santa Bárbara -19.9667 -43.4167 Hoge (1952)/ Michaud and Aporé -18.9644 -51.9238 DixonMichaud (1987) and Dixon (1987) SeteMineiros Lagoas -19.4500-17.5627 -44.2333-52.5488 BérnilsVaz-Silva (2009) et al. (2007) Mato Grosso UberabaCáceres -19.7500-16.1431 -47.9333-57.6814 HogeValduja (1952)/Michaud et al. (2009) and São Félix do Araguaia -11.6178 -50.6666 MichaudDixon (1987) and Dixon (1987) Uberlândia -18.9167 -48.2833 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Mato Grosso Aparecida do Tabuado -20.0876 -51.0966 Michaud and Dixon (1987) doPará Sul Serra do Cachimbo -8.2500 -49.2833 França et al. (2006) AquidauanaMarajó -20.4652-0.9833 -49.7333-55.7845 RodriguesMichaud and et al.Dixon (2015) (1987) ConceiçãoBataguaçu do -21.7159-8.2500 -49.2833-52.4218 YukiMichaud and andBarros Dixon (1997) (1987) MaracajuAraguaia -21.6249 -55.1662 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Paraná AraucáriaMiranda -20.2388-25.5833 -56.3729-49.4000 MichaudHoge (1952) and Dixon (1987) CuritibaTerenos -20.4383-25.4167 -54.8652-49.2667 Hoge (1952) TrêsLapa Lagoas -20.6833-25.7667 -46.3833-49.7167 MichaudBérnils (2009) and Dixon (1987) Palmeira -25.4167 -50.0000 Moura-Leite et al. (1996) Minas Gerais Conceição do Mato -19.0387 -43.4346 Michaud and Dixon (1987) PiraíDentro do Sul -24.5333 -49.9333 Hoge (1952) PontaLagoa Grossa Santa -25.0833-19.6333 -50.1667-43.9000 HogeMichaud (1952)/Michaud and Dixon (1987) and Liberdade -22.0250 -44.3167 BérnilsDixon (1987) (2009) PortoPirapora Amazonas -17.3500-25.5500 -44.9333-49.8917 BérnilsHoge (1952)/ (2009) Bérnils (2009) São Paulo SantaAguaí Bárbara -19.9667-22.0667 -43.4167-46.9917 Hoge (1952)/(1952) Michaud and Araras -22.3667 -47.3833 HogeDixon (1952) (1987) SeteAvaré Lagoas -23.1000-19.4500 -48.9167-44.2333 HogeBérnils (1952) (2009) UberabaBatatais -20.9000-19.7500 -47.5833-47.9333 Hoge (1952)(1952)/Michaud and Dixon (1987) Botucatu -20.8833 -48.4500 Hoge (1952) Uberlândia -18.9167 -48.2833 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Buri -23.8000 -48.6000 Hoge (1952) Pará Serra do Cachimbo -8.2500 -49.2833 França et al. (2006) Capão Bonito -24.1000 -48.0333 Hoge (1952)/ Michaud and Marajó -0.9833 -49.7333 DixonRodrigues (1987) et al. (2015) ConceiçãoCasa Branca do -21.7667-8.2500 -47.0833-49.2833 ForlaniYuki and et Barrosal. (2010) (1997) Araguaia Franca -20.5333 -47.4000 Hoge (1952)

Guaraci -20.5000 -48.9500 Hoge (1952)/ Michaud and Dixon (1987)/ Bérnils (2009) Ilha Solteira -20.4333 -51.3333 Hoge (1952) Itapetininga -23.5833 -48.0500 Hoge et al. (1975) Itatinga -23.1000 -48.6167 Hoge (1952) Itirapina -22.1500 -47.8333 Hoge (1952) Itobi -21.7333 -46.9667 Hoge (1952)/ Sawaya et al. (2008)/Bérnils (2009) Limeira -22.5667 -47.4000 Hoge (1952) Table 1. Geographic distributionMogi of Mirim Lygophis meridionalis-22.4333 in South-46.9500 America. Bérnils (2009)

Aporé -18.9644 -51.9238 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Mineiros -17.5627 -52.5488 Vaz-Silva et al. (2007) Mato Grosso Cáceres -16.1431 -57.6814 Valduja et al. (2009) São Félix do Araguaia -11.6178 -50.6666 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Mato Grosso Aparecida do Tabuado -20.0876 -51.0966 Michaud and Dixon (1987) do Sul Aquidauana -20.4652 -55.7845 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Bataguaçu -21.7159 -52.4218 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Maracaju -21.6249 -55.1662 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Miranda -20.2388 -56.3729 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Terenos -20.4383 -54.8652 Hoge (1952) Três Lagoas -20.6833 -46.3833 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Minas Gerais Conceição do Mato -19.0387 -43.4346 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Dentro Lagoa Santa -19.6333 -43.9000 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Liberdade -22.0250 -44.3167 Bérnils (2009) Pirapora -17.3500 -44.9333 Bérnils (2009) Santa Bárbara -19.9667 -43.4167 Hoge (1952)/ Michaud and Dixon (1987) Sete Lagoas -19.4500 -44.2333 Bérnils (2009) Uberaba -19.7500 -47.9333 Hoge (1952)/Michaud and Dixon (1987) Uberlândia -18.9167 -48.2833 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Pará Serra do Cachimbo -8.2500 -49.2833 França et al. (2006) Marajó -0.9833 -49.7333 Rodrigues et al. (2015) Conceição do -8.2500 -49.2833 Yuki and Barros (1997) Araguaia

Paraná Araucária -25.5833 -49.4000 Hoge (1952) Curitiba -25.4167 -49.2667 Hoge (1952) Lapa -25.7667 -49.7167 Bérnils (2009) Palmeira -25.4167 -50.0000 Moura-Leite et al. (1996) Piraí do Sul -24.5333 -49.9333 Hoge (1952) Ponta Grossa -25.0833 -50.1667 Hoge (1952)/Michaud and Dixon (1987) Porto Amazonas -25.5500 -49.8917 Hoge (1952)/ Bérnils (2009) São Paulo Aguaí -22.0667 -46.9917 Hoge (1952) Araras -22.3667 -47.3833 Hoge (1952) Avaré -23.1000 -48.9167 Hoge (1952) Batatais -20.9000 -47.5833 Hoge (1952) Botucatu -20.8833 -48.4500 Hoge (1952) Buri -23.8000 -48.6000 Hoge (1952) Capão Bonito -24.1000 -48.0333 Hoge (1952)/ Michaud and Dixon (1987) Casa Branca -21.7667 -47.0833 Forlani et al. (2010) Franca -20.5333 -47.4000 Hoge (1952) Guaraci -20.5000 -48.9500 Hoge (1952)/ Michaud and Dixon (1987)/ Bérnils (2009) Ilha Solteira -20.4333 -51.3333 Hoge (1952) Itapetininga -23.5833 -48.0500 Hoge et al. (1975) Itatinga -23.1000 -48.6167 Hoge (1952) 148 Itirapina -22.1500 -47.8333 Hoge (1952) Luiz Carlos Batista Turci et al. Itobi -21.7333 -46.9667 Hoge (1952)/ Sawaya et al. (2008)/Bérnils (2009) Table 1. Continued. Limeira -22.5667 -47.4000 Hoge (1952) Table 1. Geographic distributionMogi of Mirim Lygophis meridionalis-22.4333 in South-46.9500 America. Bérnils (2009)

Morro Agudo -20.7333 -48.0500 Hoge (1952) Country State/ Municipality/ Lat. Long. Source Deparment PenápolisLocality -21.4167 -50.0833 Hoge (1952) Argentina Corrientes PereiraCorrientes Barreto -20.6500-27.4813 -51.3333-58.8136 MichaudGiraudo (2001) and Dixon (1987) Missiones PindamonhangabaCandelária -22.9333-27.4918 -45.4667-55.7492 MarquesChebez et et al. al. (1996) (2005) PirassununcaPosadas -22.0000-27.3622 -47.4167-55.9008 HogeChebez (1952) et al. (1996) Formosa Río PilcomayoPontal -21.0333-25.1175 -48.0333-58.1442 MichaudCano et al. and (2015) Dixon (1987)/ National Park Bérnils (2009) Bolivia Beni SantaSan JoaquinCruz das -21.8333-13.0416 -47.2500-64.6680 HogeMichaud (1952) and Dixon (1987) Santa Cruz BuenaPalmeiras Vista -17.4587 -63.6692 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Brazil Amazonas SantoHumaitá Antônio da -21.0917-7.5167 -63.0333-47.1500 MichaudHoge (1952) and Dixon (1987) Alegria Bahia Cocos -14.1167 -44.6833 Yuki and Barros (1998) São Carlos -22.0167 -47.8833 Hoge (1952) Distrito - -15.7167 -48.1667 Freitas et al. (2016) Federal São Miguel Arcanjo -24.0167 -47.9167 Hoge (1952) Espírito Santo SorocabaLinhares -19.1519-23.5000 -39.9078-47.4500 FrançaForlani etet al.al. (2008)(2010) Goiás ChapadaTerra Roxa dos -14.0667-20.7833 -47.3833-48.3333 CastroHoge (1952) and Oliveira (2017) Tocantins EstaçãoVeadeiros Ecológica -8.5333 -46.5333 Michaud and Dixon (1987) SerraAruanã Geral do -14.9170 -51.0755 França and Braz (2013) Tocantins GoiâniaJalapão -16.6859-10.4000 -49.2658-46.7000 MichaudThis study and Dixon (1987) Aporé -18.9644 -51.9238 Michaud and Dixon (1987) Mineiros -17.5627 -52.5488 Vaz-Silva et al. (2007) Mato Grosso Cáceres -16.1431 -57.6814 Valduja et al. (2009) References São Félix do Araguaia -11.6178distribution -50.6666 records. Michaud Occasional and Dixon papers,(1987) Oklahoma Museum of Mato Grosso Aparecida do Tabuado -20.0876Natural -51.0966 History Michaud17: 1–13. and Dixon (1987) Bernarde, P.S., Albuquerque, S., Barros,do Sul T.O., Turci, L.C.B. (2012): França, F.G.R., Mesquita, C.C., Nogueira, A.F., Araújo. B. (2008): Serpentes do Estado de Rondônia, Brasil. 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