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Erythrolamprus mimus (COPE, 1868)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesErythrolamprus mimus micrurus DUNN & BAILEY 1939
Erythrolamprus mimus mimus (COPE 1868) 
Common NamesE: Mimic False Coral Snake 
SynonymOpheomorphus mimus COPE 1868: 307
Rhadinaea mimus — DESPAX 1910: 369
Erythrolamprus mimus impar SCHMIDT 1936
Erythrolamprus mimus — DUNN & BAILEY 1939: 12
Erythrolamprus mimus impar — DUNN 1942: 7
Erythrolamprus mimus — DA SILVA & SITES 1995
Erythrolamprus mimus — SAVAGE 2002
Erythrolamprus mimus — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Erythrolamprus mimus — BERNARDE et al. 2012
Erythrolamprus mimus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 282
Erythrolamprus mimus — TORRES-CARVAJAL & HINOJOSA 2020

Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus DUNN & BAILEY 1939
Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus DUNN & BAILEY 1939
Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus — MERTENS 1956
Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus — PETERS 1957: 9
Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus — PETERS 1960 
DistributionHonduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,
Ecuador, Peru ?, Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca)

mimus: Type locality: high regions of Ecuador or New Grenada.

micrurus: Panama; Type locality: Mine at Santa Cruz de Cann in Darien, Panama, 2000 ft.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ANSP 3689
Holotype: MCZ 31828, female [micrurus]
Holotype: MCZ 38765 [impar] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (4973 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution: not in Brazil fide Nogueira et al. 2019 (Atlas). 
EtymologyNamed after Greek mimos (μίμος), an imitator, mimic: an actor, mime. [“...Its general appearance is exactly that of E. venustissimus with single rings, or Ophibolus micropholis with confluent rings...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)

Erythrolamprus mimus micrurus was named after Latin Micrurus, snake genus due to Wagler, 1824. [“...E. mimus micrurus is practically identical in color with the recently described Micrurus clarki which occurs with it in the lower Chagres, in the lower Tuira, and at Cana. Its name was suggested by this similarity…”].
 
References
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