CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE OPHIDIOFAUNA OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CAAZAPÁ, PARAGUAY
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https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.4.1004Keywords:
georeferences, new records, photographic records, snakesAbstract
Paraguay has a richness of 120 species of snakes. There are still areas with few studies. Active searches for snakes were carried out, opportunistically, at different times, covering a period between July 2015 and October 2022. Work was done with the Caazapá Volunteer Firefighters, corpses of snakes killed en route or killed by the locals Finally, through education campaigns on snakes and snakes (both virtual and face-to-face), a network of contacts was developed that collaborate by sending photographs. The records found were of 121 specimens. That correspond to 37 species, divided into 5 families, Boidae 1 specimen, Colubridae 5 specimens, Dipsadidae with the largest number of species, 23 in total, 2 species of the Elapidae family and 6 species of the Viperidae family. 29 species of snakes are new records for the department of Caazapá. The work provides very important data for the knowledge of snake species in the Department of Caazapá. Counting on photographic records, dates and georeferences of the different species.
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