| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Thin Ground Snake |
| Synonym | Leimadophis taeniurus TSCHUDI 1845: 164
Lygophis taeniurus taeniurus — AMARAL 1930: 20
Lygophis taeniurus taeniurus — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 284
Liophis taeniurus — DIXON & MARKEZICH 1979
Liophis taeniurus — DIXON 2000
Erythrolamprus taeniurus — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Liophis taeniurus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 386 |
| Distribution | E Peru, Bolivia,
Colombia [Castro,F. (pers. comm.)]; elevation 840-3825 m
Type locality: ‘‘the hot forested region of Peru.’’
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MHNN (Neuchatel) no number. |
| Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (6231 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Distribution: not in Ecuador (pers. comm. D Salazar-Valenzuela, 29 Feb 2012).
Synonymy: Tschudi's (1845) original description was based primarily on color and the only squamative data presented was the number of ventrals and caudals. The number of caudals was thought to be incomplete by Tschudi because the tail appeared to be broken off. His color description was accurate, but since the tail appeared broken off, the ventral tail color may have been in error. Therefore any snake resembling the color pattern described by Tschudi, with approximately the same range of ventrals and possibly caudals, may have been erroneously labeled taeniurus, especially since the type was considered lost and verification was impossible at the time. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin taenia, ribbon, tape or band + Greek oura (ουρα), tail. [“...Cauda vittis duabus latis nigris et alteris duabiis angustis flavis longitudinalibus... »]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
| References |
- CATENAZZI, A., LEHR, E. & VON MAY, R. 2013. The amphibians and reptiles of Manu National Park and its buffer zone, Amazon basin and eastern slopes of the Andes, Peru. Biota Neotropica 13 (4): 269-283
- Dixon, J.R. 2000. Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Bolivian snakes of the Liophis taeniurus complex with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 2000 (2): 482-490 - 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
- Dixon, James R. Markezich, Allan L. 1979. Rediscovery of Liophis taeniurus Tschudi (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) and its relationship to other Andean colubrid snakes. Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 317-320 - 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
- KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, ROY SANTA CRUZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101 - get paper here
- Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
- Schätti, B. 1985. Catalogue des types et des exemplaires figurés du Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel - II. Ophidiens. Bibliotheques et Muses de la Ville de Neuchatel, 1985: 98-108.
- Schmidt, Karl P. & Walker, Warren F. 1943. Peruvian snakes from the University of Arequipa. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Zoology 24 (26): 279-296 - get paper here
- SMAGA, CHRISTOPHER R.; ALEX TTITO, ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI 2019. Arcanumophis, a new genus and generic allocation for Erythrolamprus problematicus (Myers 1986), Xenodontinae (Colubridae) from the Cordillera de Carabaya, southern Peru. Zootaxa 4671 (1): 129–138 - get paper here
- Tschudi,J. J. von 1845. Reptilium conspectum quae in republica Peruana reperiuntur er pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150-170 [reprint 1968, SSAR; sometimes cited as being published in 1846]. - get paper here
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
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