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Erythrolamprus juliae (COPE, 1879)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesErythrolamprus juliae juliae (COPE 1879)
Erythrolamprus juliae copeae (PARKER 1936) 
Common NamesE: Leeward Groundsnake, Julia's Ground Snake 
SynonymAporophis juliae COPE 1879: 274
Acrophis [sic] juliae COPE 1879 (fide GÜNTHER 1888)
Dromicus juliae — GARMAN 1887: 281
Liophis juliae — GÜNTHER 1888: 365
Leimadophis mariae BARBOUR 1914 (fide DIXON 1981)
Liophis juliae — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 623
Liophis juliae — POWELL et al. 1996: 88
Erythrolamprus juliae — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Liophis juliae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 382

Erythrolamprus juliae copeae (PARKER 1936)
Dromicus juliae copeae PARKER 1936
Liophis juliae copeae — QUESTEL 2011 
DistributionLesser Antilles: Dominica, Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre

juliae: Dominica. Type locality: Dominica.

copeae: Guadeloupe.

mariae: Marie-Galante.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 10152.
Synypes: BMNH 1946.1.5.86-.87 [copeae]
Synypes: MCZ 6138 [mariae] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (792 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentFor illustrations see Howes, 1970; Dixon, 1981. 
EtymologyNamed after E.D. Cope’s daugther, Julia Biddle Cope (1866–1958).

E. j. copeae was probably also dedicated to Julia Biddle Cope (1866–1958), the daughter of the American zoologist Edward Drinker Cope (1840–1897) (Fretey 2023). 
References
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  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1879. Eleventh contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 18: 261-277. - get paper here
  • Dixon, J.R. 1981. The neotropical colubrid snake genus Liophis: the eastern Caribbean complex. Copeia 1981 (2): 296-304 - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. 1989. A key and checklist to the neotropical snake genus Liophis with country lists and maps. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (79): 1-40 - get paper here
  • FRÉTEY, T. 2023. Etymology of nomina of Amphibians and Reptiles of the French Antilles. Bionomina 35 (1): 20-50 - get paper here
  • Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 24: 278-286. - get paper here
  • Grazziotin, Felipe G.; Hussam Zaher, Robert W. Murphy, Gustavo Scrocchi, Marco A. Benavides, Ya-Ping Zhang and Sandro L. Bonatto 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x - get paper here
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