Psomophis joberti

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| image = Psomophis joberti in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park - ZooKeys-246-051-g007-E.jpeg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author1=Silveira, A.L. |author1-link=species:Adriano Lima Silveira |author2=Prudente, A.L. da C. |author2-link=species:Ana Lúcia da Costa Prudente |author3=Argôlo, A.J.S. |author3-link=species:Antônio Jorge Suzart Argôlo |author4=Abrahão, C.R. |author4-link=species:Carlos Roberto Abrahão |author5=Nogueira, C. de C. |author5-link=species:Cristiano de Campos Nogueira |author6=Barbo, F.E. |author6-link=species:Fausto Erritto Barbo |author7=Costa, G.C. |author7-link=species:Gabriel Correira Costa |author8=Pontes, G.M.F. |author8-link=species:Gláucia Maria Funk Pontes |author9=Colli, G.R. |author9-link=species:Guarino Rinaldi Colli |author10=Zaher, H. el D. |author10-link=species:Hussam Zaher |author11=Borges-Martins, M. |author11-link=species:Márcio Borges-Martins |author12=Martins, M.R.C. |author12-link=species:Marcio Martins |author13=Oliveira, M.E. |author13-link=species:Maria Ermelinda do Espírito Santo Oliveira |author14=Passos, P.G.H. |author14-link=species:Paulo Passos |author15=Bérnils, R.S. |author15-link=species:Renato Silveira Bérnils |author16=Sawaya, R.J. |author16-link=species:Ricardo Jannini Sawaya |author17=Cechin, C.T.Z |author18=da Costa, T.B.G. |date=2019 |title=Psomophis joberti |volume=2019 |page= e.T15182335A15182384|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15182335/15182384 |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| genus = Psomophis

| species = joberti

| authority = (Sauvage, 1884)

| synonyms = *Enicognathus joberti
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  • Liophis joberti
    {{small|— Hoge, 1958}}
  • Psomophis joberti
    {{small|— Myers & Cadle, 1994}}

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Psomophis joberti, also known commonly as Jobert's ground snake and cobra-corredeira in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to eastern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, joberti, is in honor of French zoologist C. Jobert who collected natural history specimens in Brazil.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Psomophis joberti, p. 135).

Geographic range

P. joberti is found in eastern Brazil, and may also occur in extreme eastern Bolivia.{{cite web |title=Psomophis joberti |url=https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Psomophis&species=joberti&search_param=%28%28search%3D%27Psomophis%27%29%29|publisher=The Reptile Database |accessdate=23 January 2019}}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. joberti are grassland and savanna with sandy soils.

Behavior

P. joberti is diurnal and terrestrial.

Reproduction

P. joberti is oviparous.

References

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Further reading

  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Liophis joberti, p. 102).
  • Hoge AR (1958). "Tres notas sobre serpentes brasileiras. 2. Sobre a posição sistematica de Enicognathus joberti Sauvage, 1884 (Colubridae)". Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria da Agricultura, São Paulo, Brasil 13 (17): 222–223. (in Portuguese).
  • Myers CW, Cadle JE (1994). "A New Genus for South American Snakes Related to Rhadinaea obtusa Cope (Colubridae) and Resurrection of Taeniophallus Cope for the "Rhadinaea" brevirostris Group". American Museum Novitates (3102): 1–33. (Psomophis, new genus; Psomophis joberti, new combination).
  • Sauvage HE (1884). "Sur quelques Reptiles de la collection du Muséum d'histoire naturelle ". Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris, Septième série [Seventh Series] 8: 142–147. (Enicognathus joberti, new species, p. 146). (in French).

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Category:Psomophis

Category:Reptiles of Bolivia

Category:Snakes of Brazil

Category:Reptiles described in 1884

Category:Taxa named by Henri Émile Sauvage

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