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Erythrolamprus breviceps

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Species of snake

Short ground snake
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species: E. breviceps
Binomial name
Erythrolamprus breviceps
(Cope, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Liophis breviceps

Erythrolamprus breviceps, the short ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, French Guiana, and Guyana.

Classification

Erythrolamprus breviceps 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 can be shown in the cladogram below, based on molecular DNA analysis:

     

E. poecilogyrus (paraphyletic)

     

E. ceii

E. poecilogyrus (paraphyletic)

E. miliaris

E. miliaris

     
     

E. typhlus (Brazil) (paraphyletic)

     

E. reginae (paraphyletic)

     

E. reginae (paraphyletic)

E. zweifeli

Erythrolamprus breviceps

E. epinephalus (Peru) (paraphyletic)

     
     

E. epinephalus (Costa Rica) (paraphyletic)

E. pseudoreginae

E. melanotus

     

E. atraventer

     

E. jaegeri

E. almadensis

     

E. juliae

E. cursor

E. typhlus (French Guiana) (paraphyletic)

E. cobella

     
     

E. aesculapii (Brazil) (paraphyletic)

E. ocellatus

E. aesculapii (French Guiana & Guyana) (paraphyletic)

     

E. bizona

E. mimus

References

  1. A Nogueira, C., Gonzales, L., Gagliardi, G., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Catenazzi, A., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2019. Erythrolamprus breviceps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T15179202A15179207. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15179202/15179207 Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
  2. Erythrolamprus breviceps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
  3. Murphy, John C.; Braswell, Alvin L.; Charles, Stevland P.; Auguste, Renoir J.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Borzée, Amaël; Lehtinen, Richard M.; Jowers, Michael J. (15 Jan 2019). "A new species of Erythrolamprus from the oceanic island of Tobago (Squamata, Dipsadidae)". ZooKeys (817): 131–157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.817.30811.
Taxon identifiers
Erythrolamprus breviceps
Liophis breviceps
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