Pseudoeryx relictualis

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: Dipsadinae
Genus: Pseudoeryx
Species: Pseudoeryx relictualis

Name

Pseudoeryx relictualis Schargel, Rivas Fuenmayor, Barros, Péfaur & Navarrete, 2007: 237

• Holotype: CVULA IV 6955, adult ♀, collected by F. Diaz on 11 September 2003.
• Type locality: “Hacienda La Trinidad, sector Montalbán, Municipio Catatumba, Zulia state, Venezuela (09°09’01” N, 72°02’29” W).”

References

Primary references

• Schargel, W.E., Rivas Fuenmayor, G., Barros, T.R., Péfaur, J.E. & Navarrete, L.F. 2007. A new aquatic snake (Colubridae: Pseudoeryx) from the Lake Maracaibo Basin, Northwestern Venezuela: a relic of the past course of the Orinoco River. Herpetologica 63(2): 236–244. DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[236:ANASCP]2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Pseudoeryx relictualis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 March 2018.
• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2019. IUCN: Pseudoeryx relictualis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T67631211A67631290. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T67631211A67631290.en. Accessed on 13 June 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Lake Maracaibo Pond Snake