Erythrolamprus breviceps
| Short ground snake | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Erythrolamprus |
| Species: | E. breviceps |
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| Erythrolamprus breviceps (Cope, 1860) | |
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Erythrolamprus breviceps, the short ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, French Guiana, and Guyana.[2]
Classification
Erythrolamprus breviceps 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 can be shown in the cladogram below, based on molecular DNA analysis:[3]
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References
- ^ A Nogueira, C., Gonzales, L., Gagliardi, G., Cisneros-Heredia, D.F., Catenazzi, A., Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2019. Erythrolamprus breviceps. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T15179202A15179207. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15179202/15179207 Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
- ^ Erythrolamprus breviceps at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
- ^ Murphy, John C.; Braswell, Alvin L.; Charles, Stevland P.; Auguste, Renoir J.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Borzée, Amaël; Lehtinen, Richard M.; Jowers, Michael J. (15 Jan 2019). "A new species of Erythrolamprus from the oceanic island of Tobago (Squamata, Dipsadidae)". ZooKeys (817): 131–157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.817.30811.