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Phimophis guianensis (TROSCHEL, 1848)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Troschel's Pampas Snake
Portuguese: Bicuda 
SynonymHeterodon guianensis TROSCHEL 1848: 653
Rhinostoma Guntheri COPE 1860: 243
Rhinostoma guianense — GRIFFIN 1916: 214
Rhinostoma guianensis — BOCOURT 1897
Rhinostoma guianense SERIÉ 1915
Phimophis guainensis — DUNN 1944: 202
Phimophis guianensis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 246
Phimophis guianensis — GASC & RODRIGUES 1980
Phimophis guianensis — GORZULA & SEÑARIS 1999
Phimophis guianensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 559
Phimophis guianensis — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 
DistributionPanama, Colombia, Venezuela, Isla Margarita, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá, Pará)

Type locality: Savannah near Pirara, Guayana (fide KORNACKER 1999).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated. a 762 mm specimen (R. Schomburgk, 1840-1844) (fide V. Wallach, pers. comm.)
Holotype: ANSP 10198; Venezuela [Rhinostoma Guntheri COPE 1860] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after its occurrence in Guyana. 
References
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  • Claessen, H. 2003. De slangen van de Guyanas Deel VII. Lacerta 61 (6): 221-234 - get paper here
  • Cole, Charles J.; Carol R. Townsend, Robert P. Reynolds, Ross D. MacCulloch, and Amy Lathrop 2013. Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125 (4): 317-578; plates: 580-620 - get paper here
  • Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part II. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 241-266 - get paper here
  • Dunn,E.R. 1944. Los géneros de anfibios y reptiles de Colombia, III. Orden de las serpientes. Caldasia 3 (12): 155-224 - get paper here
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  • Gasc & Rodrigues 1980. Liste preliminaire des Serpents de la Guyane francaise. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 (4): 559-598
  • Gonzalez R. C. et al. 2020. Lista dos Nomes Populares dos Répteis no Brasil – Primeira Versão. Herpetologia Brasileira 9 (2): 121 – 214 - get paper here
  • González-Carcacía, J. A., Romero, V. P. & Rivas, G.A. 2012. Phimophis guianensis (Troschel's pampas snake) diet. Herpetological Review 43: 496-497 - get paper here
  • Gorzula, Stefan & Senaris, J. Celsa 1999. In: Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana. I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae, Caracas, No. 8 [1998], 269+ pp.; ISBN 980-6020-48-0
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