Erythrolamprus williamsi (ROZE, 1958)
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Erythrolamprus williamsi
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Williams' Ground Snake |
| Synonym | Urotheca williamsi ROZE 1958: 1 Urotheca williamsi — ROZE 1964 Rhadinaea williamsi — LANCINI 1979 Liophis williamsi — DIXON 1980 Liophis williamsi — KORNACKER 1999: 110 Erythrolamprus williamsi — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Liophis williamsi — WALLACH et al. 2014: 387 |
| Distribution | Venezuela Type locality: El Junquito, Distrito Federal, Venezuela, elevation 1900 m. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MCZ 51329; Paratypes: (n=3) USNM 121206, male, collected in Colonia Tovar, estado Aragua, Venezuela, 1800 meters, by E. G. Holt on March 30, 1929; CM 7393, male, collected in Colonia Tovar, estado Aragua, Venezuela, 1800 meters, by E. G. Holt on April 30, 1929; MBUCV 3044, female, collected in Rancho Grande, estado Aragua, Venezuela, 1200 meters, by J. Racenis on August 23, 1949. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Urotheca with one scale pit on the dorsals ; 17-18+2 maxillary teeth ; 146 to 158 ventrals ; 53 to 61 subcaudals ; 17-17 dorsals, without any reduction ; 1 or 2 preoculars, and a Leimadophis-like coloration : dark longitudinal lateral lines beginning on the anterior part of the body and extending to the tip of the tail.” Description of the holotype: “Maxillary teeth 17+2, the last two somewhat enlarged and separated from the rest by a gap. Mandibular teeth subequal. Head squamation that of Urotheca, rostral scarcely visible from above, nasals divided, the nostrils situated on the dividing suture. A pair of internasals and pre-frontals, the latter a little broader than long and longer than the internasals. The frontal shield twice as long as the prefrontals and approximately as long as the parietals. A loreal shield, deeply penetrating the preocular, and reaching almost to the orbit. One preocular, trapezoidal, twice as wide above as below. Two postoeulars, the upper much larger than the lower. Temporals 1+2 on both sides. Seven upper labials, the third and fourth entering the orbit. Nine infralabials, the first four in contact with the anterior pair of chin shields, of which the first pair is longer than the second. Ventrals 150, anal divided, and 53 pairs of subcaudals. The dorsal formula 17-17, without any reduction. Total length : 420 mm., tail 85 mm.” (Roze 1958) |
| Comment | Synonymy: Roze 1958 listed Leimadophis bimaculatus opisthotaenia as a synonym of Urotheca williamsi. He says that “the holotype and the MBUCV specimen have been reported by Marcuzzi, 1950, as Leimadophis bimaculatus opisthotaenia, but this is an error, since the latter species is a form from the Andes of Mérida, Venezuela, and is a true Leimadophis”. |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. Ernest Edward Williams (1914-1998), a herpetologist, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard. |
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