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Erythrolamprus jaegeri (GÜNTHER, 1858)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesErythrolamprus jaegeri coralliventris (BOULENGER 1894)
Erythrolamprus jaegeri jaegeri (GÜNTHER 1858) 
Common NamesE: Jaeger's Ground Snake
Portuguese: Cobra-D’água, Cobra-D’água-Verde, Cobra-Verde, Corredeira-de-Barriga-Vermelha, Jararaquinha-do-Campo, Jararaquinha-D’água, Jararaquinha-Verde, Parelheira 
SynonymCoronella jaegeri GÜNTHER 1858: 37
Liophis (Ophiomorphus) dorsalis PETERS 1863: 283
Opheomorphus [sic] dorsalis — COPE 1885: 190
Coronella Jaegeri — BOULENGER 1886: 431
Rhadinaea dichroa WERNER 1899 (fide PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970)
Rhadinaea lineata JENSEN 1900 (fide PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970)
Liophis jaegeri — LEYNAUD & BUCHER 1999: 22
Erythrolamprus jaegeri — FORLANI et al. 2010
Liophis jaegeri — FREIBERG 1982
Liophis jaegeri — SWAYA et al. 2008
Erythrolamprus jaegeri — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012
Liophis jaegeri — KWET 2013
Liophis jaegeri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 382
Leimadophis jaegeri — WALLACH 2025

Erythrolamprus jaegeri coralliventris (BOULENGER 1894)
Aporophis coralliventris BOULENGER 1894: 346
Aporophis coralliventris — BOULENGER 1894: 159
Liophis jaegeri — SERIÉ 1936
Liophis coralliventris — VANZOLINI in PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1986
Liophis jaegeri coralliventris — DIXON 1987
Liophis jaegeri coralliventris — CEI 1993
Lygophis coralliventris
Erythrolamprus jaegeri coralliventris — ZARACHO et al. 2014
Erythrolamprus jaegeri coralliventris — TEIXEIRA et al. 2020 
DistributionBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro), Uruguay, Paraguay,
Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires)

jaegeri: Uruguay, S/SE Brazil (from Minas Gerais to Rio Grande do Sul). Type locality: Brazil

coralliventris: Argentinien, Paraguay, S Brazil. Type locality: island north of Concepcion, near San Salvador, N Paraguay.

 
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.1.9.12, 1946.1.5.78
Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.5.85, collected by J. Bohis [coralliventris] 
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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Georg Friedrich Jager (1785-1866) German paleontologist and physician in Stuttgart.

Erythrolamprus jaegeri coralliventris was named after Latin corallium, coral + Latin ventris, venter, belly. [“...throat and anterior ventral region white, rest of belly and tail coral-red…”]. 
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