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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymOxyrhopus 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
Oxyrhopus vanidicus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionColombia (Amazonas), Brazil, Venezuela, E Ecuador, N Peru

Type locality: Km 10, Leticia-Tarapacá road, municipality of Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia,  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: ICN-MHN = ICN 10683 (original field number, JMR 4106), an adult male collected by Juan Manuel Renjifo on 13 May 2003. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: 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. 
CommentSynonymy after LYNCH 2009.

Similar species: Oxyrhopus melanogenys, with which this species is often confused. 
EtymologyLatin, meaning liar; used in allusion to the apparent mimicry of this species with the venomous coralsnake, Micrurus hemprichii. 
References
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