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| Erythrolamprus bizona | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Erythrolamprus |
| Species: | E. bizona |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythrolamprus bizona Jan, 1863 | |
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Erythrolamprus bizona, commonly known as the double-banded false coral snake, is a species of colubrid snake, which is found in northern South America and Central America.
Classification
Erythrolamprus bizona belongs to the genus Erythrolamprus, which contains over 50 species. The genus Erythrolamprus belongs to the subfamily Dipsadinae, which is sometimes referred to as the family Dipsadidae. The relationships of Erythrolamprus species located in northern South America (Venezuela) can be shown in the cladogram below, based on molecular DNA analysis:
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Geographic range
It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and on the island of Trinidad (in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago).
Mimicry
Similar in pattern to a coral snake, this species probably gains protection through mimicry.
Diet
It feeds mainly on other snakes.
Habitat
It is a forest dweller, often found in the leaf litter or burrowed in the soil in rain forests.
Symbiotic relationship
It burrows primarily near the Pouteria caimito, commonly known as the abiu, a tropical fruit tree, the nutrients of which supply the snake's clutch of eggs. In turn the tree is fertilized by the snake's urine and embryotic fluid.
References
- Powney, G., Lewis, S., Sears, J., Wren, S., Milligan, H.T., Vargas Álvarez, J., Saborío, G., García Rodríguez, A., Batista, A., Ballesteros, E., Acosta Chaves, V., De Silva, R., Wearn, O.R., Zamin, T., Wilson, P., Lintott, P., Caicedo, J., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P. & Rivas, G. 2016. Erythrolamprus bizona. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T176805A1447602 . https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176805/1447602.
- ITIS (Integrated taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Murphy, John C.; Braswell, Alvin L.; Charles, Stevland P.; Auguste, Renoir J.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Borzée, Amaël; Lehtinen, Richard M.; Jowers, Michael J. (15 January 2019). "A new species of Erythrolamprus from the oceanic island of Tobago (Squamata, Dipsadidae)". ZooKeys (817): 131–157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.817.30811.
- Freiberg, M.A. 1982. Snakes of South America. T.F.H. Publications. Hong Kong. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Erythrolamprus bizona, p. 98.)
Further reading
- Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press. College Station, Texas. xvi + 328 pp. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
- Goldberg, Stephen R. (2004). "Notes on reproduction in the false coral snakes, Erythrolamprus bizona and Erythrolamprus mimus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Costa Rica". The Texas Journal of Science. 56 (2). Texas Academy of Science: 171–174.
- Jan G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Arch. Zool. Anat.Fisiol. 2 (2): 213–330. (Erythrolamprus aesculapii bizona, pp. 314–316.)
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