Spilotes sulphureus

Spilotes sulphureus

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: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Spilotes
Species: Spilotes sulphureus
Subspecies: S. s. dieperinkii – S. s. sulphureus

Name

Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)

• Holotype: ZSM 1681/0, male.
• Type locality: “Habitat in sylvis ad littora fl uminis Japura” [Brazil or Colombia, Rio Jápura from its mouth (Brazil, 03°08'S, 64°66'W) to Araracuara (Colombia, 00°24'S, 72°17'W)].

Combinations

• Natrix sulphurea Wagler, 1824: 26 [original combination]
• Phrynonax sulphureus — Amaral, 1929 [subsequent combination]
• Pseustes sulphureus — Brongersma, 1937 [subsequent combination]
• Spilotes sulphureus — Jadin, Burbrink, Rivas, Vitt, Barrio-Amoros & Guralnick, 2014 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber poecilostoma Wied-Neuwied, 1824

References

Primary references

• Wagler, J. 1824. Serpentum Brasiliensium species novae, ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens. In: Jean de Spix, Animalia nova sive species novae. Monaco, Typis Franc. Seraph. Hübschmanni, vii + 75 pp.

Additional references

• Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp.
• Duellman, W.E. 1978. The biology of an equatorial herpetofauna in Amazonian Ecuador. Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist, Misc. Publ. 65: 1–352.

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Spilotes sulphureus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 November 2022.
• Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Rivas, G., Caicedo, J., Gagliardi, G., Gonzales, L., Nogueira, C. & Murphy, J. 2019. IUCN: Spilotes sulphureus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T15183770A15183779. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15183770A15183779.en. Accessed on 01 November 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Amazon Puffing Snake

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