Erythrolamprus vitti (DIXON, 2000)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Liophis vitti DIXON 2000 Erythrolamprus vitti — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Liophis vitti — WALLACH et al. 2014: 387 Erythrolamprus vitti — TORRES-CARVAJAL & HINOJOSA 2020 |
Distribution | Ecuador (Pacific Andean slopes near the Colombian border), Colombia (south to Nariño, near Ipiales and to Santafe) Type locality: Maldonado, 1410 m, Carchi, Ecuador (0° 54’ N, 78° 06’ W). |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: KU 179506 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Liophis vitti is distinguished from all other species of Liophis by the following combination of characters: presence of enclosed white marks in a wide (five and two adjacent half-scale rows) black middorsal body stripe from about the middle of the body to the tail; presence of a wide (one and two adjacent half-scale rows) black lateral stripe on scale rows 2–4 from about midbody to the tip of the tail, bordered above and below by a pale line; ventrals yellow to cream with widely scattered lateral black marks on ever y second or third ventral; subcaudals either immaculate yellow or with a narrow midventral black line; dorsal scale rows 17–17–15; dorsal scales with single apical pits. |
Comment | Distribution: For a map see Sindaco et al. 2013. |
Etymology | Named in honor of Laurie J. Vitt. |
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