Erythrolamprus vitti (DIXON, 2000)
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Erythrolamprus vitti
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Liophis vitti DIXON 2000 Erythrolamprus vitti — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Liophis vitti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 387 Erythrolamprus vitti — TORRES-CARVAJAL & HINOJOSA 2020 |
| Distribution | Ecuador (Pacific Andean slopes near the Colombian border), Colombia (south to Nariño, near Ipiales and to Santafe) Type locality: Maldonado, 1410 m, Carchi, Ecuador (0° 54’ N, 78° 06’ W). |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: KU 179506, adult male Paratypes.-EPN-H 3621, and EPN-H unnumbered, adult females, from 4 km W Chical, Quebrada San Jose of Rio Blanco, 1,650 m, Carchi, Ecuador (0°54'N; 78°12'W); BMNH 98.5.19.1, adult female, BMNH 1901.3.29.108, adult male, BMNH 1901.3.29.108b, hatchling female, from Paramba, 1070 m, Ecuador (0°49'N; 78°21'W). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=6): Liophis vitti is distinguished from all other species of Liophis by the following combination of characters: presence of enclosed white marks in a wide (five and two adjacent half-scale rows) black middorsal body stripe from about the middle of the body to the tail; presence of a wide (one and two adjacent half-scale rows) black lateral stripe on scale rows 2–4 from about midbody to the tip of the tail, bordered above and below by a pale line; ventrals yellow to cream with widely scattered lateral black marks on ever y second or third ventral; subcaudals either immaculate yellow or with a narrow midventral black line; dorsal scale rows 17–17–15; dorsal scales with single apical pits. (Dixon 2000) Additional details (493 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. |
| Etymology | Named in honor of Laurie J. Vitt. |
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