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Erythrolamprus sagittifer (JAN, 1863)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesErythrolamprus sagittifer modestus (KOSLOWSKY 1896)
Erythrolamprus sagittifer sagittifer (JAN 1863) 
Common NamesE: Arrow Ground Snake 
SynonymChlorosoma sagittifer BURMEISTER 1861 (nomen nudum)
Liopeltis sagittifer JAN 1863: 82
Liophis pulcher STEINDACHNER 1867: 267
Liophis pulcher STEINDACHNER 1867: 228
Rhadinaea sagittifera — BOULENGER 1894: 165 (part.)
Rhadinaea sagittifera — KOSLOWSKY 1895: 368
Liophis sagittifer — BERG 1898
Zamenis argentinus BRÉTHÈS 1917 (incertae sedis fide PETERS & OREJA-MIRANDA 1970: 129)
Leimadophis sagittifer — AMARAL 1926: 19
Leimadophis sagittifer — SERIÉ 1936 (part.)
Dromicus sagittifer — FREIBERG 1982
Leimadophis sagittifer — STRATHEMANN 1983
Liophis sagittifer sagittifer — CEI 1993
Leimadophis sagittifer — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 149
Liophis sagittifer sagittifer — LEYNAUD & BUCHER 1999: 24
Liophis sagittifer — SCROCCHI et al. 2006: 103
Liophis sagittifer — BERNILS et al. 2007
Erythrolamprus sagittifer — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Liophis sagittifer — WALLACH et al. 2014: 385

Erythrolamprus sagittifer modestus (KOSLOWSKY 1896)
Rhadinaea modesta KOSLOWSKY 1896: 453
Liophis trifasciatus WERNER 1899: 114
Liophis sagittifer modesta — DIXON & THOMAS 1982
Liophis sagittifer modestus — CEI 1993
Liophis sagittifer modestus — LEYNAUD & BUCHER 1999: 24
Liophis sagittifer modestus — SCROCCHI et al. 2006 
DistributionNW Argentina (Chaco, Formosa, Jujuy, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis, San Juan, La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquén, Rio Negro, Chubut, Sante Fe [HR 30: 54]), SE Bolivia, W Paraguay

modestus: S Bolivia, N Argentina, Uruguay

Type locality: Mendoza, Argentina.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MLUH IV 102, an adult male, probably destroyed during WW II fide Dixon and Thomas, 1982: 391.
Holotype: MLP, cat. no. unknown, collected by Gerling [modestus]
Holotype: NMW 21224(2) [1 specimen, not 2 as mentioned by Häupl et al., fide J. Hallermann, pers. comm., 3 May 2024) [trifasciatus] 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy after CEI 1993. Rhadinaea modesta KOSLOWSKY 1896 was synonymized with Leimadophis sagittifer by AMARAL 1926.

Distribution: Reports from Brazil seem to be based on old records but there seem to be no recent findings (H. Costa, pers. comm., 5 April 2016). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin sagittifer, Arrow-bearing; armed with arrows. [?]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) 
References
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