Coastal House Snake (Mesotes strigatus)
This photograph corresponds to a record of Coastal House Snake (Mesotes strigatus) made in Área de Protección Ambiental Rincón de Franquía, Bella Unión, Artigas, Uruguay on 08/08/2020. The photograph was published by Julio Sebastián Gómez Barboza Silveira and is part of the EcoRegistros biodiversity database.
Author's comments:
Encontrado en horas de la tarde en el ambiente de bosque ribereño, animal muy agresivo. Una de sus características más sorprendentes es el cambio en la forma de la pupila con la incidencia de la luz.
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Record
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum / Division: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Scientific name: | Mesotes strigatus |
| English Name: | Coastal House Snake |
| Spanish Name: | Culebra Manchada |
| Portuguese Name: | Cobra-espada |
| Sex: | Indistinguishable |
| Life stage: | Adult |
| Registration date: | 08/08/2020 |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Province / Department: | Artigas |
| Location or protected area: | Bella Unión |
| Detailed location: | Área de Protección Ambiental Rincón de Franquía |
| Coordinates - Detailed location: | -30.190520, -57.615729 |
| Altitude - Detailed location: | 40 m a.s.l. |
| Location accuracy: | Medium |
| Belonging: | Native |
| Condition: | Wild |
| Certainty: | Photographed |
| Reproduction information: | No |
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| Photography ID: | 437066 View Full Record |
| Publication date: | 03/14/2021 21:01:52 |
