Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus (ESQUEDA, NATERA, LA MARCA & ILIJA-FISTAR, 2007)
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Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Liophis dorsocorallinus ESQUEDA, NATERA, LA MARCA & ILIJA-FISTAR 2007 Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus — GRAZZIOTIN et al. 2012 Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus — ASCENSO et al. 2019 Erythrolampus dorsocorallinus — RABOSKY et al. 2019 (in error) Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 |
| Distribution | Venezuela (Barinas), Brazil (Acre), Bolivia, Peru Type locality: 40 km de la población de El Cantón, 100 m elevation, 07° 27’ 85’’ N, 71° 02’ 98’’ W, Municipio Andrés Eloy Blanco, Estado Barinas, Venezuela. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ULABG 6691 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus is distinguished from all congeners by the combination of the following characteristics: (1) 17 dorsal scale rows with reduction at midbody; (2) apical pit single; (3) ventrals 142–158 in females and 141–158 in males; (4) subcaudals 60–77 in females and 62–80 in males; (5) dorsum of head, body and tail reddish or bluish-cream with distal half of the scales black; (6) upper edges of supralabials with distinctive dark post-orbital stripe; (7) belly creamish-white with black spots with squared or rhomboid shape arranged in a checkered pattern; (8) lateral black spots and dorsal-lateral stripe absent or indistinct; (9) ventral surface of tail creamish-white without black spots; (10) intrasulcal region with elongated spines in a row extending into the medial region of the branches of the sulcus; (11) medial region of hemipenial body on asulcate face ornamented with a row of eight to ten spines; (12) sulcus spermaticus bifurcates at medial region of hemipenial body; and (13) moderate body size (SVL 300–578 mm). [from Ascenso et al. 2019: 76] |
| Comment | Synonymy: a synonym of Liophis reginae fide WALLACH et al. 2014: 385 (citing “Dixon, in litt.”) |
| Etymology | named after its red (Latin ”corallinus”) back (Latin “ dorsum”). |
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