Erythrolamprus cobella
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Erythrolamprus cobella, commonly known as the mangrove snake, is a species of small semi-aquatic snake, which is endemic to South America.[1]
Classification
Erythrolamprus cobella belongs to the genus Erythrolamprus, which contains over 50 species. The genus Erythrolamprus belongs to the subfamily Dipsadinae, which is sometimes referred to as the family Dipsadidae. The relationships of Erythrolamprus species located in northern South America (Venezuela) can be shown in the cladogram below, based on molecular DNA analysis:[2] Script error: No such module "Clade".
Description
Adults may attain a total length of Script error: No such module "convert"., which includes a tail Script error: No such module "convert". long.[3]
Dorsally, it is black or dark brown with white crossbands. Ventrally it is red with black crossbands. The upper labials are white or yellowish.[3]
There are 8 upper labials, the 4th and 5th entering the eye. The dorsal scales, which are smooth and without apical pits, are arranged in 17 rows at midbody. Ventrals 143–163; anal plate divided; subcaudals 45–57, also divided (in two rows).[3]
Geographic range
It is found in northern South America east of the Andes,[4] in the Guianas, eastern Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago[5] (although only on the island of Trinidad, not Tobago.)[2]
Habitat
It is a semi-aquatic species,[2] and lives in lowland rainforest river floodplains and coastal mangrove swamps.[5]
Diet
It feeds on frogs, geckos, and fish.[5]
References
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- ↑ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
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- ↑ a b c Boulenger, G.A. 1894. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers.) London. xi + 382 pp. + Plates I.- XX. (Rhadinæa cobella, pp. 166-167.)
- ↑ Freiberg, M. 1982. Snakes of South America. T.F.H. Publications. Hong Kong. 189 pp. Template:ISBN. (Liophis cobella, p. 102.)
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Further reading
- Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. L. Salvius. Stockholm. 824 pp. (Coluber cobella, p. 218.)