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Erythrolamprus pygmaeus (COPE, 1868)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Amazon Tropical Forest Snake 
SynonymLiophis leucogaster JAN 1863: 289
Liophis pygmaeus COPE 1868
Leimadophis pygmaeus — AMARAL 1929
Liophis leucogaster — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 178
Umbrivaga pygmaea — MARKEZICH & DIXON 1979
Umbrivaga pygmaea — FRANK & RAMUS 1995
Umbrivaga pygmaea — KAWASHITA-RIBEIRO et al. 2011
Erythrolamprus leucogaster — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Erythrolamprus pygmaea — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Umbrivaga pygmaea — WALLACH et al. 2014: 761
Erythrolamprus pygmaeus — NATERA-MUMAW et al. 2015: 174
Erythrolamprus pygmaeus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Erythrolamprus pygmaeus — TORRES-CARVAJAL & HINOJOSA 2020 
DistributionS Colombia [Castro,F. (pers. comm.)], N Peru, E Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas [HR 30: 175], Pará), Venezuela

Type locality: "Napo, or neighboring pt. of Maranon."  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 6668, a 176 mm specimen (J. Orton, winter 1867-1868). 
Diagnosis 
CommentDistribution: The type locality of Liophis leucogaster JAN 1863 is unknown; known only from the type specimen (PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970). See map in Nogueira et al. 2019.

Synonymy: DIXON (1980) suggested that Liophis leucogaster is probably a synonym of U. pygmaeus which resembles a young L. reginae in pattern. The external morphological counts given by Jan fit well with those of U. pygmaeus. The tail/total length ratio is similar to U. pygmaeus (providing Jan's inches were a relatively close measurement of a live individual. WALLACH et al. 2014: 761 also listed Liophis leucogaster in the synonymy of Umbrivaga pyburni ({with a question mark). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek pygmaios (πυγμαίος), pygmy, dwarf. (COPE 1868, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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  • Díaz-Flórez, Ronald A. 2023. DECIPHERING AN ENIGMA: FIRST RECORD OF ERYTHROLAMPRUS AENIGMA (SQUAMATA: DIPSADIDAE) IN COLOMBIA. REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE HERPETOLOGÍA 6 (2): 167-173 - get paper here
  • Duellman,W.E. & Mendelson III, J.R. 1995. Amphibians and reptiles from Northern Departamento Loreto, Peru: Taxonomy and Biogeography. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 55 (10): 329-376 - get paper here
  • Dunn, E.R. 1944. A revision of the Colombian snakes of the genera Leimadophis, Lygophis, Liophis, Rhadinaea, and Pliocercus, with a note on Colombian Coniophanes. Caldasia 2 (10): 479-495 - get paper here
  • Fraga, R., Lima, A. P., Prudente, A. L. C., & Magnusson, W. E. 2013. Guia de cobras da região de Manaus – Amazônia Central. Manaus: INPA - 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
  • Jan, G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. 2 (2): 213-330 [1862] - get paper here
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  • Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ricardo Alexandre; Vinícius Tadeu de Carvalho, Ana Caroline de Lima, Robson Waldemar Ávila, and Rafael de Fraga 2011. Morphology and geographical distribution of the poorly known snake Umbrivaga pygmaea (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) in Brazil. Phyllomedusa 10 (2): 177–182 - get paper here
  • Lima Moraes, L. J. C. de, do Nascimento Rainha, R., de Pinho Werneck, F., de Souza Oliveira, A. F., Gascon, C., & de Carvalho, V. T. 2022. Amphibians and reptiles from a protected area in western Brazilian Amazonia (Reserva Extrativista do Baixo Juruá). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 62, e202262054-e202262054 - get paper here
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