Psomophis joberti

Psomophis joberti
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Psomophis
Species:	P. joberti
Binomial name
	Psomophis joberti; (Sauvage, 1884)
Synonyms
	Enicognathus joberti ; Sauvage, 1884; Liophis joberti ; — Hoge, 1958; Psomophis joberti ; — Myers & Cadle, 1994;

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.^[3]

Geographic range

P. joberti is found in eastern Brazil, and may also occur in extreme eastern Bolivia.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. joberti are grassland and savanna with sandy soils.^[1]

Behavior

P. joberti is diurnal and terrestrial.^[1]

Reproduction

P. joberti 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. (2019). "Psomophis joberti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15182335A15182384. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Psomophis joberti ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ 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).

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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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] 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. (2019). "Psomophis joberti ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15182335A15182384. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[RDB-2] "Psomophis joberti ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[3] 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).

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