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Phimophis guianensis (TROSCHEL, 1848)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Troschel's Pampas Snake
Portuguese: Bicuda 
SynonymHeterodon guianensis TROSCHEL 1848: 653
Rhinostoma Guntheri COPE 1860: 243
Rhinostoma guianense — GRIFFIN 1916: 214
Rhinostoma guianensis — BOCOURT 1897
Rhinostoma guianense SERIÉ 1915
Phimophis guainensis — DUNN 1944: 202
Phimophis guianensis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 246
Phimophis guianensis — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Phimophis guianensis — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Phimophis guianensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 559
Phimophis guianensis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionPanama, Colombia, Venezuela, Isla Margarita, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Roraima, Amapá, Pará)

Type locality: Savannah near Pirara, Guayana (fide KORNACKER 1999).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated. a 762 mm specimen (R. Schomburgk, 1840-1844) (fide V. Wallach, pers. comm.)
Holotype: ANSP 10198; Venezuela [Rhinostoma Guntheri COPE 1860] 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after its occurrence in Guyana. 
References
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