Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Paraguay, and Peru.[2]
Classification
Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus belongs to the genus Erythrolamprus, which contains over 50 species. The genus Erythrolamprus belongs to the subfamily Dipsadinae, which is sometimes referred to as the family Dipsadidae.
Recent phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular DNA evidence has shown that Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus is now likely paraphyletic.[3]
The relationships of Erythrolamprus species located in northern South America can be shown in the cladogram below:[3]
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References
- ^ Nogueira, C. de C., Williams, J., Giraudo, A., Fitzgerald, L., Arzamendia, V., Scrocchi, G., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2020. Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T50956250A50956261. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50956250/50956261 Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
- ^ Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
- ^ a b Murphy, John C.; Braswell, Alvin L.; Charles, Stevland P.; Auguste, Renoir J.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Borzée, Amaël; Lehtinen, Richard M.; Jowers, Michael J. (15 Jan 2019). "A new species of Erythrolamprus from the oceanic island of Tobago (Squamata, Dipsadidae)". ZooKeys (817): 131–157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.817.30811.
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