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) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 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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