Erythrolamprus
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Erythrolamprus is a genus of colubrid snakes native to Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. They include the false coral snakes, which appear to be coral snake mimics.
Classification
The genus Erythrolamprus belongs to the subfamily Dipsadinae (which is sometimes referred to as the family Dipsadidae), belonging to the family Colubridae. Erythrolamprus previously contained just six species, mostly coral snake mimics. However, molecular studies beginning in 2009 determined that Erythrolamprus was not monophyletic, and thus most of the snakes of the genera Liophis, Leimadophis, and Umbrivaga were placed into Erythrolamprus, bringing the number of species up to 50.[1]
Description
Erythrolamprus snakes are usually less than Script error: No such module "convert". in length. They are ground snakes, with lifestyles ranging from fossorial (burrowing) to terrestrial to semi-aquatic, and in habitats ranging from rainforests to savannas to the mountainous páramo, up to Script error: No such module "convert". above sea level.[1]
Species
These species are currently recognized as being valid.[2]
- Erythrolamprus aenigma Entiauspe-Neto, Abegg, Koch, Nuñez, Azevedo, Moraes, Tiutenko, Bialves & Loebmann, 2021Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – savannah racer snake
- Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Linnaeus, 1766)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Aesculapian false coral snake
- Erythrolamprus albertguentheri Grazziotin, Zaher, R. Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto, 2012Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Günther's green liophis
- Erythrolamprus albiventris (Jan, 1863)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus almadensis (Wagler, 1824)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Almaden ground snake
- Erythrolamprus andinus (Dixon, 1983)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus atraventer (Dixon & Thomas, 1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Dixon's ground snake
- Erythrolamprus bizona Jan, 1863Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – double-banded false coral snake
- Erythrolamprus breviceps (Cope, 1861)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – short ground snake
- Erythrolamprus carajasensis (da Cunha, Nascimento & Ávila-Pires, 1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus ceii (Dixon, 1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus cobella (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – mangrove snake
- Erythrolamprus cursor (Lacépède, 1789)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lacépède's ground snake or Martinique ground snake (possibly extinct)
- Erythrolamprus dorsocorallinus (Esqueda, Natera, La Marca & Ilija-Fistar, 2007)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus epinephalus (Cope, 1862)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – fire-bellied snake
- Erythrolamprus festae (Peracca, 1897)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – drab ground snake
- Erythrolamprus fraseri Boulenger, 1894Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus frenatus (F. Werner, 1909)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – swamp liophis
- Erythrolamprus guentheri Garman, 1883Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Günther's false coral snake
- Erythrolamprus ingeri (Roze, 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus jaegeri (Günther, 1858)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Jaeger's ground snake
- Erythrolamprus janaleeae (Dixon, 2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus juliae (Cope, 1879)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Julia's ground snake
- Erythrolamprus lamonae (Dunn, 1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus macrosomus (Amaral, 1936)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus maryellenae (Dixon, 1985)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Maryellen's ground snake
- Erythrolamprus melanotus (Shaw, 1802)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Shaw's dark ground snake
- Erythrolamprus mertensi (Roze, 1964)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mertens's tropical forest snake
- Erythrolamprus miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – military ground snake
- Erythrolamprus mimus (Cope, 1868)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – mimic false coral snake
- Erythrolamprus mossoroensis (Hoge & Lima-Verde, 1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus ocellatus W. Peters, 1868Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Tobago false coral snake, red snake
- Erythrolamprus oligolepis (Boulenger, 1905)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus ornatus (Garman, 1887)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Saint Lucia racer, ornate ground snake
- †Erythrolamprus perfuscus (Cope, 1862)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – tan ground snake, Barbados racer (extinct)
- Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus (Wied-Neuwied, 1825)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus pseudocorallus Roze, 1959Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – false coral snake
- Erythrolamprus pseudoreginae J. Murphy, Braswell, Charles, Auguste, Rivas, Borzée, Lehtinen & Jowers, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Tobago stream snake
- Erythrolamprus pyburni (Markezich & Dixon, 1979)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Pyburn's tropical forest snake
- Erythrolamprus pygmaeus (Cope, 1868)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Amazon tropical forest snake
- Erythrolamprus reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – royal ground snake
- Erythrolamprus rochai Ascenso, Costa & Prudente, 2019Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus sagittifer (Jan, 1863)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – arrow ground snake
- Erythrolamprus semiaureus (Cope, 1862)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus subocularis (Boulenger, 1902)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus taeniogaster (Jan, 1866)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus taeniurus (Tschudi, 1845)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – thin ground snake
- Erythrolamprus torrenicola (Donnelly & C. Myers, 1991)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – velvety swamp snake
- Erythrolamprus trebbaui (Roze, 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus triscalis (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – three-scaled ground snake
- Erythrolamprus typhlus (Linnaeus, 1758)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – blind ground snake, velvet swamp snake
- Erythrolamprus viridis (Günther, 1862)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – crown ground snake
- Erythrolamprus vitti (Dixon, 2000)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erythrolamprus williamsi (Roze, 1958)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Williams' ground snake
- Erythrolamprus zweifeli (Roze, 1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – braided ground snake, Zweifel's ground snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Erythrolamprus.
Mimicry
The brightly colored, ringed patterns of some of the snakes of the genus Erythrolamprus resemble those of sympatric coral snakes of the genus Micrurus, and it has been suggested that this is due to mimicry. Whether this is classical Batesian mimicry, classical Müllerian mimicry, a modified form of Müllerian mimicry, or no mimicry at all, remains to be proven.[3]
Cited references
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Further reading
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Liophis atraventer, p. 73; L. guentheri, p. 111; L. jaegeri, p. 132; l. juliae, p. 137; L. melanotus, p. 241; Umbrivaga mertensi, p. 176; Geophis pyburni, p. 213; Liophis williamsi, p. 286; L. reginae zweifeli, p. 294).
- Wagler J[G] (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SAÜGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart, and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. (Erythrolamprus, new genus, p. 187). (in German and Latin).