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Latest update: March 6th, 2025.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Dibernardia
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Dibernardia

East South American Leaf-litter Snakes

Östliche Südamerikanische Streunattern

Østlige Sydamerikanske Førnesnoge

2022 Dibernardia Abegg, Santos Jr., Costa, Battilana, Graboski, Vianna, Azevedo, Fagundes, Castille, Prado, Bonatto, Zaher & Grazziotin (type species: Dromicus affinis Günther 1858)
Contents: 4 species, of which 3 (75.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: The species of this genus were previously included in Taeniophallus.
Distribution: E. South America.
Reported from: Argentina, Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo), Uruguay.

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Dibernardia.
Compiled by
V. Wallach

Dibernardia affinis

Atlantic Forest Leaf-litter Snake

Ostbrasilianische Zwergstreunatter

Østbrasiliansk Dværgførnesnog

1858 Dromicus affinis Günther
Rhadinaea affinis Prado 1943
Echinanthera affinis Di-Bernardo 1992
Taeniophallus affinis Myers & Cadle 1994
Dibernardia affinis Abegg, Santos Jr., Costa, Battilana, Graboski, Vianna, Azevedo, Fagundes, Castille, Prado, Bonatto, Zaher & Grazziotin 2022
1885 Coronella Iheringii Boulenger (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Distribution: Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceara, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo).


Dibernardia bilineata

Two-striped Leaf-litter Snake

Zweistreifen-Zwergstreunatter

Tostribet Dværgførnesnog

1885 Enicognathus bilineatus Fischer
Rhadinaea bilineata Myers 1974
Echinanthera bilineata Di-Bernardo 1992
Taeniophallus bilineatus Myers & Cadle 1994
Dibernardia bilineata Abegg, Santos Jr., Costa, Battilana, Graboski, Vianna, Azevedo, Fagundes, Castille, Prado, Bonatto, Zaher & Grazziotin 2022

Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo).


Dibernardia persimilis

Rio de Janeiro Leaf-litter Snake

Rio-de-Janeiro-Zwergstreunatter

Rio de Janeiro-dværgførnesnog

1869 Liophis persimilis Cope
Echinanthera persimilis Di-Bernardo 1992
Taeniophallus persimilis Myers & Cadle 1994
Dibernardia persimilis Abegg, Santos Jr., Costa, Battilana, Graboski, Vianna, Azevedo, Fagundes, Castille, Prado, Bonatto, Zaher & Grazziotin 2022
1926 Liophis insignissimus Amaral (Myers 1974)
Rhadinaea insignissimus Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970
1943 Rhadinaea beui Prado (Myers 1974)

Distribution: Brazil (Espirito Santo, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo).


Dibernardia poecilopogon

Uruguayan Leaf-litter Snake

Uruguayische Zwergstreunatter

Uruguayisk Dværgførnesnog

1863 Rhadinaea poecilopogon Cope
Coronella poecilopogon Boulenger 1885
Liophis poecilopogon Amaral 1929
Echinanthera poecilopogon Di-Bernardo 1992
Taeniophallus poecilopogon Myers & Cadle 1994
Dibernardia poecilopogon Abegg, Santos Jr., Costa, Battilana, Graboski, Vianna, Azevedo, Fagundes, Castille, Prado, Bonatto, Zaher & Grazziotin 2022
1863 Enicognathus elegans Jan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1963 Dromicus melanocephalus Peters (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Remarks: Records from Paraguay are regarded as erroneous (Cacciali, Scott, Aquino-Ortiz, Fitzgerald & Smith 2016). Earlier records of poecilopogon from Santa Catarina, Brazil, were based on misidentifications. Ghizoni-Junior, Zanini, Veronese, Kunz & Bérnils (2023) first confirmed the presence of the species in the state.
Distribution: Argentina, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina), Uruguay.