Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998

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Apostolepis quirogai Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998

Type locality. Posadas , Misiones Province, Argentina .

Distribution. Known from southern South America, in Argentina and Brazil ( Plt. 318A ). In Brazil, recorded in the Pampas Grasslands ( Plt. 318A ) at low elevations ( Plt. 253B ). Observed in the field in urban areas within a matrix of seasonal subtropical forest and grassland ( Giraudo and Scrocchi, 1998).

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Plate 253. Distribution map of Apostolepis quirogai in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al.,2001) and (B) elevation.Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.

Plate 318. Distribution map of Oxyrhopus formosus in relation to (A) South American Ecoregions (adapted from Olson et al., 2001) and (B) elevation. Red star indicates type-locality, if precisely located.