Download de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil). The present record extends the

de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil). The present record extends the
distribution of this species ca. 290 km to the south.
Submitted by DAVOR VRCIBRADIC, ANGÉLICA
FIGUEIRA FONTES, THAÍS KLAION, ALINE S. DIAS,
and MONIQUE VAN SLUYS, Departamento de Ecologia,
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua São Francisco
Xavier 524, Maracanã, 20550-011, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
TROPIDURUS TORQUATUS (Calango, Collared Lizard).
BRAZIL: SÃO PAULO: Bertioga municipality: Praia de Itaguaré:
Foz do Rio Itaguaré (23.779167°S, 5.968611°E; datum: WGS 84;
sea level). 06 April 2008. M. A. Sena and J. G. Silva. Museu
de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
(MZUSP 98079, adult male; M. A. Sena field number MA 3615).
Verified by Pedro M. S. Nunes. The range of this species includes
Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. In Brazil, the species
occurs in Cerrado core areas of Minas Gerais, Goiás, Mato
Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, and Maranhão states; in Cerrado
enclaves in the Atlantic Rainforest Domain of São Paulo, Rio de
Janeiro, Espírito Santo, and Bahia states; an insular population
in Abrolhos archipelago (Bahia state); in coastal sandy areas
(“restinga” environments) from Rio de Janeiro to Bahia states;
and in open areas of southern Brazil in Rio Grande do Sul and
westernmost Santa Catarina and Paraná states (Rodrigues 1987.
Arq. Zool., São Paulo 31:105–230; França-e-Souza et al. 2002.
Herpetol. Rev. 33:149). T. torquatus is extremely abundant in
open areas. Although there are numerous records south of Rio
de Janeiro, these refer to interior populations which according
to Rodrigues (1987, op. cit.) show significant morphological
differentiation from those occurring along the coast. Despite
exhaustive searches performed for several years in “restingas”
along the coast (see Rodrigues, op. cit.), the species was never
recorded in this habitat south of Rio de Janeiro state. This new
record extends the known distribution at coastal areas ca. 215
km southwest from Restinga da Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro state
(Carvalho and Araújo 2007. Rev. Bras. Biol. 24:786–792). This
expansion of distribution, and recent occupation, appears to be
the result of human expansion in areas along the coast where the
species previously did not occur, or perhaps a consequence of the
effects of global warming and climate changes. It is interesting
to note that well established populations of this species now also
occur near the city of São Paulo and surroundings where there
were characteristically absent until a couple of years ago. These
findings are very important because this lizard is an aggressive
colonizer that can adversely affect native species.
Submitted by MARCO AURÉLIO DE SENA, Departamento
de Genética e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto de Biociências,
Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 277, sala 234, CEP
05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (e-mail: mausena@yahoo.
com); JOSÉ CASSIMIRO, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto
de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11.461,
CEP 05422-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (e-mail: geckoides@yahoo.
com.br); CARLOS JOÃO DAVID (e-mail: david@uninove.
br); JULIANA GARCIA DA SILVA Universidade Nove de
Julho UNINOVE, Rua Diamantina 302/310, Vila Maria, CEP
02117-310, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (e-mail: [email protected]);
and MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES, Departamento de
Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo,
Caixa Postal 11.461, CEP 05422-970, São Paulo, SP, Brazil (email: [email protected]).
UROSAURUS GRACIOSUS (Long-tailed Brush Lizard).
MÉXICO: SONORA: Municipio de Hermosillo: Km. 25.5,
Calle 36 Norte, carretera a Puerto Libertad (29.05841° N,
111.74275° W; WGS 84), 45 m elev. 16 September 2007. J. H.
Valdez-Villavicencio. Herpetological collection of Facultad de
Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada,
Baja California, México (UABC 1748). 12.5 km E of Bahía de
Kino Viejo (28.81949°N, 111.80603°W; WGS 84), 5 m elev. 8
October 2007. J. H. Valdez-Villavicencio. UABC 1757. Both
verified by Bradford D. Hollingsworth. UABC 1757 represents
the southernmost record for the species in Sonora, extending the
range ca. 107 km SSE from the closest previous locality, ca. 40
km SE of Puerto Libertad (LACM 126607); UABC 1748 fills the
gap between those two localities. Both lizards were found on a
small mesquite tree (Prosopis sp.) in sparsely vegetated habitat
with sandy soil.
Submitted by JORGE H. VALDEZ-VILLAVICENCIO,
Grupo de Ecología y Conservación de Islas, A.C. Ave. López
Mateos 1590-3 Fracc. Playa Ensenada, Ensenada, Baja California,
México C.P. 22880 (e-mail: [email protected]); ANNY
PERALTA-GARCÍA
(e-mail:
annyperaltagarcia@yahoo.
com.mx) and BEN LOWE (e-mail: [email protected]),
Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego,
California 92182, USA.
SQUAMATA – SNAKES
AGKISTRODON BILINEATUS (Cantil). MEXICO: OAXACA.
Municipality of Santiago Tamazola: Cerro del Ídolo, road from
Santiago Tamazola to San Miguel (17.4049°N, 98.1456°W,
estimated from map), 1672 m elev. 25 July 2003. Verified by
Edmundo Pérez Ramos. Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias,
UNAM (MZFC 17893). New municipality record, extending
range 126 km from the nearest locality in the Sierra de Huautla,
Morelos (Aguilar et al. 2003. Anfibios y Reptiles de la Sierra
de Huautla, Estado de Morelos. CONABIO, UAEM, FMCN.
32 pp.). The species is known elsewhere in Oaxaca from a few
localities in the southeastern section of the state (Campbell and
Lamar 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere,
Vol. 1. Comstock Publ. Assoc., Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca, New
York. 476 pp.). The snake was found in an oak forest located
within the northwestern portion of the state.
Submitted by LUIS CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ (e-mail:
[email protected]), and ANA LAURA NOLASCO VÉLEZ,
Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Museo de Zoología,
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, A.P. 70-399, C.P. 04510, México, D.F., México.
AGKISTRODON CONTORTRIX (Copperhead). USA:
TENNESSEE: FAYETTE CO.: Wolf River Wildlife Management
Area (35.02362°N, 89.24955°W). 17 July 2007. J. Ream and C.
O’Bryan. Verified by A. Floyd Scott. Austin Peay State University’s
David H. Snyder Museum of Zoology (APSU 18919). Voucher
specimen found dead, presumably crushed by automobile, at
1900 h near intersection of Beasley and Yager roads. New county
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