Oxyrhopus vanidicus LYNCH, 2009
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Oxyrhopus vanidicus LYNCH 2009 Oxyrhopus trigeminus — HOGE et al., 1973: 228 Oxyrhopus trigeminus — DIXON & SOINI 1977: 65 Oxyrhopus trigeminus — DIXON & SOINI 1986: 123-24 Oxyrhopus melanogenys — DUELLMAN 1978: 236 Oxyrhopus melanogenys — PEREZ SANTOS & MORENO 1988: 257 (in part) Oxyrhopus melanogenys — SÁNCHEZ et al. 1995: 314 (in part) Oxyrhopus melanogenys — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 1989: fig. 504 Oxyrhopus aff. melanogenys — ZAHER & CARAMASCHI 1992: 809 Oxyrhopus melanogenys — JORGE DA SILVA 1993: 65 Oxyrhopus aff. melanogenys — MARTINS & OLIVEIRA 1998: 119 Oxyrhopus melanogenys — MARTINS & OLIVEIRA 1998: fig. 101 Oxyrhopus melanogenys — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: figs. 1215, 1229. Oxyrhopus cf trigeminus — CAMPBELL & LAMAR 2004: fig. 1227 Oxyrhopus vanidicus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 520 |
Distribution | Colombia (Amazonas), Brazil, Venezuela, E Ecuador, N Peru Type locality: Km 10, Leticia-Tarapacá road, municipality of Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia, |
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Types | Holotype: ICN 10683 (original field number, JMR 4106), an adult male collected by Juan Manuel Renjifo on 13 May 2003. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of Oxyrhopus distinguished from all others by having a color pattern of triads and by lacking a pair of short dark bands on the nape. |
Comment | Synonymy after LYNCH 2009. |
Etymology | Latin, meaning liar; used in allusion to the apparent mimicry of this species with the venomous coralsnake, Micrurus hemprichii. |
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