| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: False Coral Snake |
| Synonym | Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus ROZE 1959: 530
Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus — LANCINI & KORNACKER 1989
Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus — KORNACKER 1999: 86
Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 282 |
| Distribution | Venezuela (Zulia, Merida, Distrito Federal), Colombia (Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Norte Santander, Santander, Tolima, New Granada), elevation 100-2300 m
Type locality: in mountainous areas near Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MBUCV III 03789 |
| Diagnosis | |
| Comment | Reports from the Venezuelan Amazonas [HR 30: 53] are in error and actually represent E. aesculapii (Marco Natera, pers. comm.). However, specimens previously identified as E. aesculapii from the localities of El Valle, Distrito
Federal, Venezuela, and Yarumal, Antioquia, Colombia, are now attributed to E. pseudocorallus (Curcio et al. 2009). Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus has also been confused with E. mimus micrurus. |
| Etymology | Named after Greek pseudo (ψευδο), false, untrue, mistaken + Latin corallus, coral, spanish vernacular name given to the snakes of the genus Micrurus in South America. [“...el nombre pscudocorallus alude a la coloración de anillos rojos y negros que la hace prácticamente indistinguible de una especie de corales ponzoñosas (Micrurus carinicauda SCHMIDT) que se encuentra en la misma región general...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
| References |
- CURCIO, FELIPE FRANCO; SANTIAGO J. SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO, JONH JAIRO MUESES-CISNEROS & MIGUEL TREFAUT RODRIGUES 2009. Notes on distribution, variation and characterization of Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus Roze, 1959 (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the first records from Colombia. Zootaxa 2045: 33-42 - get paper here
- Curcio, Felipe Franco; Stefano Scali, and Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues 2015. Taxonomic Status of Erythrolamprus bizona Jan (1863) (Serpentes, Xenodontinae): Assembling a Puzzle with Many Missing Pieces. Herpetological Monographs 29 (1): 40-64 - get paper here
- Fuentes, Oswaldo;Barrio, César Luis 1999. Geographic distribution. Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus. Herpetological Review 30 (1): 53 - 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
- Kornacker,P.M. 1999. Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela. PaKo-Verlag, Rheinbach, Germany, 270 pp.
- La Marca, E. & J.E. García P. 1986. Geographic Distribution (Serpentes): Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus (False Coral Snake). Herpetological Review 17 (1):27 - get paper here
- Lancini,A.R. & Kornacker,P.M. 1989. Die Schlangen von Venezuela. Armitano Editores C.A., Caracas, 1-381
- Natera-Mumaw, Marco; Luis Felipe Esqueda-González & Manuel Castelaín-Fernández 2015. Atlas Serpientes de Venezuela. Santiago de Chile, Dimacofi Negocios Avanzados S.A., 456 pp. - get paper here
- Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
- Restrepo A, Molina-Zuluaga C, Hurtado JP, Marín CM, Daza JM 2017. Amphibians and reptiles from two localities in the northern Andes of Colombia. Check List 13 (4): 203-237 - get paper here
- RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64 - get paper here
- Rojas-Morales JA, Arias- Monsalve HF, Caicedo-Martínez LS, et al. 2023. Historical perspective and state of knowledge of the non-avian reptiles (Vertebrata: Sauropsida) of the Department of Caldas, Central Andes of Colombia. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. 47(185): 868-881 - get paper here
- Roze, J.A. 1959. El genero Erythrolamprus Wagler (Serpentes; Colubridae) en Venezuela. Acta. Biol. Venezuélica 2: 523-534
- 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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