Erythrolamprus cursor

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 cursor

Name

Erythrolamprus cursor (Bonnaterre, 1789)

• Syntypes: ANSP 5580 (Jardin de Plantes), and MNHN (M. de Chanvalon, King of France’s cabinet, Paris).
• Type locality: “Martinique”.

Combinations

• Coluber cursor Bonnaterre, 1790: 27 [original combination]
• Herpetodryas cursor — Schlegel, 1837: 199 [subsequent combination]
• Dromicus cursor — Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 [subsequent combination]
• Liophis cursor — Werner, 1924 [subsequent combination]
• Erythrolamprus cursor — Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto, 2012 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber cursor Lacépède, 1789: 96 [unavaliable name, Lacépède, 1789 was placed on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature by Opinion 1463 (1987)]
• Coluber fugitivus Donndorf, 1798
• Liophis putnamii Cope, 1862: 78
  • Holotype: ANSP 5580 (Jardin de Plantes in ex).
  • Type locality: “Martinique”.

Native distribution areas

• Martinique (including Rocher du Diamant).

References

Primary references

• Lacépède, B.G.E. 1789. Histoire naturelle des serpens. Tome Second. Hôtel de Thou: Paris. 462 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Bonnaterre, P.-J. 1790. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature. Ophiologie. Chez Panckoucke: Paris. xliv + 76 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Donndorff, J.A. 1798. Zoologische Beyträge zur xiii. Ausgabe des Linneischen Natursystems. Dritter Band. Amphibien und Fische (In German). Weidmannschen: Leipzig. VI + 980 pp. Full text. Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1987. Opinion 1463. De Lacépède, 1788-1789, Histoire Naturelle des Serpens and later editions: rejected as a non-binominal work. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 44(4): 265–267. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• MacLean, W.P., Kellner, R. & Dennis, H. 1977. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service no. 40: 1–47. BHL Reference page. 
• Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1988. West Indian amphibians and reptiles: A check-list. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology no. 74: 1–264. ISBN 978-0893261566 Reference page. 
• Schwartz, A. & Henderson, R.W. 1991. Amphibians and Reptiles of the West Indies: Descriptions, Distributions, and Natural History. University of Florida Press: Gainesville. xiv + 720 p. ISBN 9780813010496 Reference page. 
• Powell, R., Henderson, R.W., Adler, K. & Dundee, H.A. 1996. An annotated checklist of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. pp. 51–93 + 8 pls. In Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. (eds.). Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. Contributions to Herpetology. Volume 12. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles: Ithaca, New York. 457 pp. ISBN 9780916984373 Reference page. 
• Henderson, R.W. & Powell, R. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. University Press of Florida: Gainesville, Florida. 495 pp. ISBN 9780813033945 Reference page. 
• Powell, R. & Henderson, R.W. 2012. Island lists of West Indian amphibians and reptiles. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(2): 85–166. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Erythrolamprus cursor. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 June 2023.
• Dewynter, M., Daltry, J.C. & Powell, R. 2016. IUCN: Erythrolamprus cursor  (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12079A115104218. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12079A71739671.en. Accessed on 11 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Lacépède's Ground Snake