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Schlegel's golden snake

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Genus of snakes

Schlegel's golden snake
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (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: Cercophis
Fitzinger, 1843
Species: C. auratus
Binomial name
Cercophis auratus
(Schlegel, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Dendrophis aurata

Cercophis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Cercophis auratus. It is called Schlegel's golden snake.


It is found in Suriname and Brazil.

References

  1. Ouboter, P. 2019. Cercophis auratus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019:e.T15158700A15158709. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15158700/15158709. Accessed on 09 November 2022.
  2. Cercophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 December 2016.
  3. Cercophis auratus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 December 2016.
Taxon identifiers
Cercophis
Cercophis auratus
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