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Erythrolamprus taeniogaster (JAN, 1863)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
 
Common NamesPortuguese: Cobra-Coral (juvenil), Cobra-D’água, Cobra-Espada, Jararaquinha, Parelheira, Surucucu-de-Fogo 
SynonymLiophis taeniogaster JAN 1863: 292
Liophis cobella taeniogaster — SCHMIDT & INGER 1951
Liophis cobella dyticus DIXON 1983
Liophis taeniogaster — FERNANDES et al. 2002
Liophis taeniogaster — FROTA & DOS SANTOS 2003
Erythrolamprus taeniogaster — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Liophis taeniogaster — BERNARDE et al. 2012
Liophis taeniogaster — WALLACH et al. 2014: 386
Erythrolampus taeniogaster — RABOSKY et al. 2019 (in error)
Erythrolamprus taeniogaster — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Erythrolamprus taeniogaster — TORRES-CARVAJAL & HINOJOSA 2020 
DistributionBrazil (south of Amazon to C Brazil and coastal Bahia, Pará [HR 34: 388], Amapá, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, S Ceará, Piauí, Sergipe), Colombia (Lomalinda), south to Bolivia (Buena Vista, Beni), Peru, Ecuador

Type locality: Brazil.

dyticus: western Amazon basin, from Lomalinda, Colombia, south to Buenavista, Bolivia, and east to Porto Velho, Brazil; Type locality: Peru, Loreto, Monte Carmelo (= Raquena).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: ZSM, MHNN, MHNG; 1 or 2 questionable syntype(s) in NMW that appear to be Liophis cobella (R. Gemel, pers. comm., 12 June 2018). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Differs from L. cobella by having a smaller number of ventral bands (x = 32.7). It is distinguished from Liophis frenata, L. trebbaui, L. ingeri, and L. torrenicola by possessing less than 168 ventral scales and from Liophis breviceps by having usually 8 supralabials and more than 16 maxillary teeth.


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CommentDistribution: see map in Fernandes et al. 2002: 11 (Fig. 5). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019.

This species is sometimes cited as Liophis taeniogaster WAGLER 
EtymologyNamed after Latin taenia, ribbon, tape, band + Greek gastir (γαστήρ), abdomen. (Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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