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Rhinobothryum bovallii (ANDERSSON, 1916)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymRhinobothrium bovallii ANDERSSON 1916: 32
Rhinobothrium bovallii — MERTENS 1956
Rhinobothryum Bovallii — PONS 1965: 99
Rhinobothryum bovallii — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 269
Rhinobothryum bovallii — KORNACKER 1999: 132
Rhinobothryum bovallii — SAVAGE 2002
Rhinobothryum bovallii — WALLACH et al. 2014: 647
Rhinobothryum bovallii — MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024 
DistributionHonduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,
NW Colombia (along Pacific drainge below 1200 m elevation, Caribbean coast in humid forests; Nariño, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Choco, Antioquia, Cordoba, Caldas, Santander),
Ecuador, NW Venezuela (Zulia)

Type locality: Siquirres, Costa Rica.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: GNM 1221 (Göteborg Natural History Museum) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2435 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentColor plate 69 in VILLA et al. 1988.

Mimicry: This species mimics the sympatric Micrurus alleni and M. nigrocinctus

Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). 
EtymologyNamed after Carl Erik Alexander BovaIIius (or BowaIIius) (1849-1907), Associate Professor of Zoology at Uppsala University. He primarily worked on crustaceans. 
References
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  • Barreto-Martínez, Anibal J. and Julián A. Rojas-Morales 2020. A clutch of the False Tree Coral, Rhinobothryum bovallii Anderson 1916 (Squamata: Colubridae), in the Colombian Caribbean. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (1): 46–47 - get paper here
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  • Flores, E. E., V. De Gracia and B. Pena 2016. Geographic Distribution: Rhinobothryum bovallii (False Tree Coral). Herpetological Review 47(3): 429. - get paper here
  • Harrington, Sean M; Jordyn M de Haan, Lindsey Shapiro, Sara Ruane 2018. Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 125 (1): 61–71 - get paper here
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