Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus (ESQUEDA, NATERA, LA MARCA & ILIJA-FISTAR, 2007)
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Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Liophis dorsocorallinus ESQUEDA, NATERA, LA MARCA & ILIJA-FISTAR 2007 Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus — ASCENSO et al. 2019 Erythrolampus dorsocorallinus — RABOSKY et al. 2019 (in error) Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Colombia, Venezuela (Barinas), Brazil (Acre), Bolivia (Beni), Peru Type locality: 40 km de la población de El Cantón, 100 m elevation, 07° 27’ 85’’ N, 71° 02’ 98’’ W, Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco, Estado Barinas, Venezuela. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ULABG 6691 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus is distinguished from all congeners by the combination of the following characteristics: (1) 17 dorsal scale rows with reduction at midbody; (2) apical pit single; (3) ventrals 142–158 in females and 141–158 in males; (4) subcaudals 60–77 in females and 62–80 in males; (5) dorsum of head, body and tail reddish or bluish-cream with distal half of the scales black; (6) upper edges of supralabials with distinctive dark post-orbital stripe; (7) belly creamish-white with black spots with squared or rhomboid shape arranged in a checkered pattern; (8) lateral black spots and dorsal-lateral stripe absent or indistinct; (9) ventral surface of tail creamish-white without black spots; (10) intrasulcal region with elongated spines in a row extending into the medial region of the branches of the sulcus; (11) medial region of hemipenial body on asulcate face ornamented with a row of eight to ten spines; (12) sulcus spermaticus bifurcates at medial region of hemipenial body; and (13) moderate body size (SVL 300–578 mm). [from Ascenso et al. 2019: 76] 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 1825 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: a synonym of Liophis reginae fide WALLACH et al. 2014: 385 (citing “Dixon, in litt.”) |
| Etymology | named after its red (Latin ”corallinus”) back (Latin “ dorsum”). |
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