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Dibernardia poecilopogon (COPE, 1863)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae, Echinantherini), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesPortuguese: Corredeira-de-Barriga-Vermelha, Corredeira-do-Mato-de-Barriga-Vermelha 
SynonymRhadinaea poecilopogon COPE 1863: 100
Dromicus affinis GÜNTHER 1858 (part.)
Dromicus melanocephalus PETERS 1863
Enicognathus elegans — JAN 1866
Coronella poecilopogon — BOULENGER 1885
Rhadinaea poecilopogon — BOULENGER 1894 (2): 173
Liophis poecilopogon — AMARAL 1930
Rhadinaea poecilopogon — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970
Rhadinaea poecilopogon — MYERS 1974: 215
Rhadinaea poecilopogon — FREIBERG 1982: 75
Echinantera poecilopogon — GIRAUDO & SCROCCHI 2002
Taeniophallus poecilopogon — MYERS & CADLE 1994
Rhadinaea poecilopogon — BAUER et al. 1995: 71
Taeniophallus poecilopogon — SCHARGEL et al. 2005
Taeniophallus poecilopogon — WALLACH et al. 2014: 697
Taeniophallus poecilopogon — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019
Taeniophallus poecilopogon — TOZETTI et al. 2023 
DistributionS Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, S Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay,
Argentina (Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones)

Type locality: Paysandú, Uruguay.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 31278 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: MYERS 1974: 215


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Commentbelongs to the “Rhadinaea brevirostris group” sensu Myers (1974). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek poikilos = colorful, spotted, divergent, and Greek pogon = tail, for the somehow unusually colored tail. 
References
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  • Cope, E.D. 1863. Descriptions of new American Squamata in the Museum of the Smtihsonian Institution. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15 [1863]: 100-106 - get paper here
  • Di Bernardo,M. 1992. Revalidation of the gênero Rhadinaea Copegenus Echinanthera COPE 1894 and its conceptual amplification (Serpentes, Colubridae). Comun. Mus. Ciênc. PUCRS, sér. zool., Porto Alegre 5 (13): 225-256
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