Erythrolamprus taeniurus (TSCHUDI, 1845)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Thin Ground Snake
Synonym	Leimadophis taeniurus TSCHUDI 1845: 164 Lygophis taeniurus taeniurus — AMARAL 1930: 20 Lygophis taeniurus taeniurus — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 284 Liophis taeniurus — DIXON & MARKEZICH 1979 Liophis taeniurus — DIXON 2000 Erythrolamprus taeniurus — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Liophis taeniurus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 386
Distribution	E Peru, Bolivia, Colombia [Castro,F. (pers. comm.)]; elevation 840-3825 m Type locality: ‘‘the hot forested region of Peru.’’
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MHNN (Neuchatel) no number.
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: not in Ecuador (pers. comm. D Salazar-Valenzuela, 29 Feb 2012).
Etymology	Named after Latin taenia, ribbon, tape or band + Greek oura (ουρα), tail. [“...Cauda vittis duabus latis nigris et alteris duabiis angustis flavis longitudinalibus... »]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024)
References	CATENAZZI, A., LEHR, E. & VON MAY, R. 2013. The amphibians and reptiles of Manu National Park and its buffer zone, Amazon basin and eastern slopes of the Andes, Peru. Biota Neotropica 13 (4): 269-283 Dixon, J.R. 2000. Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Bolivian snakes of the Liophis taeniurus complex with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 2000 (2): 482-490 - 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 Dixon, James R. Markezich, Allan L. 1979. Rediscovery of Liophis taeniurus Tschudi (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) and its relationship to other Andean colubrid snakes. Journal of Herpetology 13 (3): 317-320 - 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 KOCH, CLAUDIA; PABLO J. VENEGAS, ROY SANTA CRUZ, WOLFGANG BÖHME 2018. Annotated checklist and key to the species of amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the northern Peruvian dry forest along the Andean valley of the Marañón River and its tributaries. Zootaxa 4385 (1): 001–101 - get paper here Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp. Schätti, B. 1985. Catalogue des types et des exemplaires figurés du Musée d’Histoire Naturelle de Neuchâtel - II. Ophidiens. Bibliotheques et Muses de la Ville de Neuchatel, 1985: 98-108. Schmidt, Karl P. & Walker, Warren F. 1943. Peruvian snakes from the University of Arequipa. Zoological Series of Field Museum of Zoology 24 (26): 279-296 - get paper here SMAGA, CHRISTOPHER R.; ALEX TTITO, ALESSANDRO CATENAZZI 2019. Arcanumophis, a new genus and generic allocation for Erythrolamprus problematicus (Myers 1986), Xenodontinae (Colubridae) from the Cordillera de Carabaya, southern Peru. Zootaxa 4671 (1): 129–138 - get paper here Tschudi,J. J. von 1845. Reptilium conspectum quae in republica Peruana reperiuntur er pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150-170 [reprint 1968, SSAR; sometimes cited as being published in 1846]. - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List http://www.herpetology-bolivia.com/reptiles/liophistaeniurus.htm Google images

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