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Lygophis anomalus (GÜNTHER, 1858)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Golden-belly snake
G: Goldbauchnatter
Portuguese: Cobra-Listrada, Corre-Campo, Jararaca-do-Campo, Jararaca-Listrada, Jararaquinha-D’água, Jararaquinha-D’água-Comum 
SynonymCoronella anomala GÜNTHER 1858
Lygophis rutilus COPE 1862: 80
Coronella pulchella JAN 1863: 251
Coronella pulchella — JAN 1866
Aporophis anomalus — COPE 1877
Coronella pulchella — MÜLLER 1880
Coronella anomala — BOULENGER 1886: 431
Rhadinaea anomala — BOULENGER 1894
Liophis anomala — AMARAL 1925
Liophis anomalus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970 (part.)
Liophis anomalus — DIXON 1989
Liophis anomalus — CEI 1993
Liophis anomalus — LEYNAUD & BUCHER 1999: 20
Liophis anomalus — BERNILS et al. 2007
Lygophis anomalus — ZAHER et al. 2009
Lygophis anomalus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 412
Lygophis anomalus — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionS Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, Paraguay,
N Argentina (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Corrientes, Chaco, Formosa, Salta)

Type locality: Banks of the Paraná.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1946.1.9.13 (and possibly additional specimens). 
Diagnosis 
CommentSynonymy after CEI 1993.

Syntypes: (2) ANSP 5534, 20823; Paraguay, along Rio Parana and its branches, particularly the Tigre [rutilus] 
EtymologyNamed after Latin anomalus, irregular, anomalous, deviating from the general rule. (GÜNTHER 1858, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) 
References
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  • Boulenger, G.A. 1886. A synopsis of the reptiles and batrachians of the province Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 18: 423-445 - get paper here
  • Cacciali, Pier; Norman J. Scott, Aida Luz Aquino Ortíz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, and Paul Smith 2016. The Reptiles of Paraguay: Literature, Distribution, and an Annotated Taxonomic Checklist. SPECIAL PUBLICATION OF THE MUSEUM OF SOUTHWESTERN BIOLOGY, NUMBER 11: 1–373 - get paper here
  • Carreira Vidal, Santiago 2002. Alimentación de los ofidios de Uruguay. Asoc. Herp. Esp., Monograf. Herp. 6, 127 pp. - get paper here
  • Carreira, S.; Brazeiro, A.; Camargo, A.; da Rosa, I.; Canavero, A. & Maneyro, M. 2012. DIVERSITY OF REPTILES OF URUGUAY: KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION GAPS. Bol. Soc. Zool. Uruguay (2a época) 21 (1-2): 9-29 - get paper here
  • Cei, J. M. 1993. Reptiles del noroeste, nordeste y este de la Argentina. Museo Regionale Sci. Naturale Torino, Monografie 14: 1-949
  • Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 60-82. - get paper here
  • Dixon J R 1985. A review of Liophis anomalus and Liophis elegantissimus, and the description of a new species (Serpentes: Colubridae). Copeia 1985 (3): 565-573 - 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
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  • Sivan, Jaim; Alejandra Panzera and Raul Maneyro 2016. Male Reproductive Cycle of a Neotropical Snake, Lygophis anomalus (Dipsadidae), in a Temperate Geographic Distribution. South American J. Herp. 11 (2): 114–118 - get paper here
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