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Erythrolamprus semiaureus (COPE, 1862)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Cobra-D’água, Cobra-Lisa, Cobra-Lisa-Pampeana, Cobra-Preta-de-Banhado 
SynonymOpheomorphus meremmii var. semiaureus COPE 1862: 348
Liophis reginae ornata JAN 1863
Opheomorphus fuscus COPE 1885: 190
Rhadinaea fusca — BOULENGER 1894: 346
Liophis miliaris semiaureus — SERIÉ 1936
Liophis miliaris — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970 (part.)
Liophis miliaris semiaureus — CEI 1993
Liophis semiaureus — GIRAUDO et al. 2006
Liophis miliaris semiaureus — PRIGIONI et al. 2011
Erythrolamprus semiaureus — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Liophis semiaureus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 385
Erythrolamphrus semiaureus — BELLINI et al. 2019 (in error)
Erythrolamprus semiaureus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionParaguay, west and south of Iguazu Falls, NE Argentina (Corrientes), S/E Uruguay, S Rio Grande do Su., Brazil.

Type locality: “Paraguay”  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: USNM 4665 (old number as cited by COPE)
Sytntypes: (11) ANSP 11031-38, 11208-10; Brazil, Sao Joao do Rio Negro [Opheomorphus fuscus COPE 1885] 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin semi-, half, partly + Latin aureus, of gold, golden; gilded; gold bearing; gleaming like gold. (COPE 1862, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
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