Apostolepis gaboi

Apostolepis gaboi
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Apostolepis
Species:	A. gaboi
Binomial name
	Apostolepis gaboi; Rodrigues, 1993

Apostolepis gaboi, known commonly as the sand dunes blackhead and the cobra-rainha das dunas in Brazilian Portuguese, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.^[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, gaboi, is in honor of Uruguayan zoologist Gabriel Omar Skuk Sugliano, whose nickname is "Gabo".^[3]

Geographic range

A. gaboi is found in the Brazilian state of Bahia.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of A. gaboi is shrubland with sandy soil.^[1]

Description

Dorsally, A. gaboi is rust-colored, with seven black lines. The tip of the tail is black, resembling the head. The fifth and sixth upper labials contact the parietal.^[2]

Behavior

A. gaboi is fossorial, and it is both diurnal and nocturnal.^[1]

Reproduction

A. gaboi is oviparous.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; da Costa, T.B.G. (2020). "Apostolepis gaboi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15156375A123738594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15156375A123738594.en.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Apostolepis gaboi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Apostolepis gaboi, p. 96).

Braz, Henrique B.; Kasperoviczus, Karina N.; Guedes, Thaís B. (2019). "Reproductive Biology of the Fossorial Snake Apostolepis gaboi (Elapomorphini): A Threatened and Poorly Known Species from the Caatinga Region". South American Journal of Herpetology 14 (1): 37–47.
Guedes TB, Barbo FE, França D, Zaher H (2018). "Morphological variation of the rare psammophilous species Apostolepis gaboi (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini)". Zootaxa 4418 (5): 469–480.
Lema T (2001). "Fossorial snake genus Apostolepis from South America (Serpentes: Colubidae: Elapomorphinae)". Cuadernos de Herpetología 15 (1): 29–43.
Rodrigues MT (1993). "Herpetofauna das dunas interiores do Rio São Francisco: Bahia: Brasil. 5. Duas novas espécies de Apostolepis (Ophidia, Colubridae)". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 54 (2): 53-59. (Apostolepis gaboi, new species). (in Portuguese).

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[iucn-1] Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; da Costa, T.B.G. (2020). "Apostolepis gaboi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15156375A123738594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15156375A123738594.en.

[RDB-2] Apostolepis gaboi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 February 2016.

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Apostolepis gaboi, p. 96).

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