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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dumeril's Diadem Snake
Portuguese: Cabeça-Preta, Cabeça-Preta-da-Areia, Cabeça-Preta-da-Praia, Cabeça-Preta-Meridional, Cabeça-Preta-Pampeana 
SynonymElapomorphus suspectus AMARAL 1924: 202
Elapomorphus bilineatus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970 (part.)
Elapomorphus bilineatus — ÁBALOS & MISCHIS 1975 (part.)
Elapomorphus bilineatus suspectus — LEMA 1978
Elapomorphus lemniscatus suspectus — LEMA 1979
Elapomorphus (Phalotris) spegazzinii suspectus — LEMA 1984
Elapomorphus spegazzinii suspectus — WILLIAMS & FRANCINI 1991
Elapomorphus (Phalotris) spegazzinii suspectus — CEI 1993
Phalotris suspectus — DE LEMA 2002
Phalotris bilineatus — GIRAUDO & SCROCCHI 2002 (part.)
Phalotris bilineatus — SCROCCHI et al. 2010 (part.)
Phalotris suspectus – SCROCCHI et al. 2022 
DistributionArgentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Córdoba, La Pampa, Río Negro, Salta, San Luis, Santa Fe, Tucumán)

Type locality: “Pilár" (near Córdoba, Argentina)  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 48939, adult male 
Diagnosis 
CommentVenomous!

Synonymy: see P. lemniscatus with which this species has been synonymized previously.

Distribution: See map in Scorcchi et al. 2002: 51 (Fig. 3). 
References
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