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Erythrolamprus triscalis (LINNAEUS, 1758)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Three-scaled Groundsnake, Three-scaled Ground Snake 
SynonymColuber Triscalis LINNAEUS 1758: 224 (?)
Coluber triscalis — GRAVENHORST 1807: 401
Dromicus triscalis — DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 672
Leimadophis triscalis
Liophis triscalis — BOULENGER 1894: 129
Liophis triscalis — DIXON 1981
Erythrolamprus triscalis — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Liophis triscalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 386 
DistributionCuracao

Type locality: “Indiis”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: unlocated; possibly lost fide Dixon, 1981: 302 (fide V. Wallach, pers. comm.) 
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CommentNot listed in SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991.

Distribution: South American records doubtful fide DIXON 1981. 
EtymologyPresumably from the Greek τρι- (= three) and σκάλης (= hoe, but possibly a misinterpretation of the Greek skalis to mean “scale”), which would coincide with the common name (“Three-scaled Groundsnake”), although the common name could also be a misinterpretation of the scientific name; possibly named after the 3 dorsal lines mentioned by Linneaus but it is unclear whether he actually meant scales or something else. Ultimately the meaning is unknown. 
References
  • Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here
  • Dixon, J.R. 1981. The neotropical colubrid snake genus Liophis: the eastern Caribbean complex. Copeia 1981 (2): 296-304 - get paper here
  • Dixon, James R. 1989. A key and checklist to the neotropical snake genus Liophis with country lists and maps. Smithsonian Herp. Inf. Serv. (79): 1-40 - get paper here
  • Gravenhorst, J. L. C. 1807. Vergleichende Übersicht des Linneischen und einiger neueren zoologischen Systeme, nebst dem eingeschalteten Verzeichnisse der zoologischen Sammlung des Verfassers und den Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, die in derselben vorhanden sind. Heinrich Dietrich, Göttingen: i-xvi + 1-476. - 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
  • Linné, C. [= Linnaeus, C.] 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiæ. 10th Edition: 824 pp. - get paper here
  • Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
 
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