Erythrolamprus zweifeli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species: Erythrolamprus zweifeli

Name

• Erythrolamprus zweifeli (Roze, 1959)

Holotype: MBUCV 95, ♀.

Type locality: “Rancho Grande in the state of Aragua, Venezuela, at an elevation of 1100 meters, in a cloud forest region.”

Combinations

• Leimadophis zweifeli Roze, 1959: 4 [original combination]
• Liophis reginae zweifeli — Dixon, 1983: 126 [name combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Liophis zweifeli — Rivas et al., 2012: 46 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
• Erythrolamprus zweifeli — Grazziotin et al., 2012: 458 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Roze, J.A. 1959. Taxonomic notes on a collection of Venezuelan reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 1934: 1–14. hdl: 2246/4351 Reference page. 
• Dixon, J.R. 1983. Systematics of Liophis reginae and L. williamsi (Serpentes, Colubridae), with a description of a new species. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 52(6): 113–138. BHL

• Grazziotin, F.G., Zaher, H., Murphy, R.W., Scrocchi, G., Altamirano-Benevides, M.A., Zhang, Y.-P. & Bonatto, S.L. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics 28(5): 437–459. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Erythrolamprus zweifeli. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 May 2018.
• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2016. IUCN: Erythrolamprus zweifeli  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T67630989A67631155. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67630989A67631155.en

Vernacular names

English: Zweifel’s Ground Snake