Biology:Erythrolamprus festae

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Short description: Species of snake

Erythrolamprus festae
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species:
E. festae
Binomial name
Erythrolamprus festae
(Peracca, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rhadinaea festae
    Peracca, 1897
  • Liophis festae
    — Amaral, 1929
  • Erythrolamprus festae
    — Grazziotin et al., 2012

Erythrolamprus festae, also known commonly as the drab ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, festae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Enrico Festa.[2]

Geographic range

E. festae is found in Ecuador and Peru.[1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. festae is forest, at altitudes of 600–1,680 m (1,970–5,510 ft).[3]

Reproduction

E. festae is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Erythrolamprus festae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
  2. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.  (Liophis festae, p. 89)
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Further reading

  • Amaral A (1929). "Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica". Memórias do Instituto Butantan 4: 126–271.  (Liophis festae, new combination, p. 171)
  • Grazziotin FG; Zaher H; Murphy RW; Scrocchi G; Benavides MA; Zhang Y-P; Bonatto SL (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal". Cladistics 28 (5): 437–459. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x. PMID 34836446. Bibcode2012Cladi..28..437G.  (Erythrolamprus festae, new combination)
  • Peracca MG (1897). "Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Ecuador e regioni vicine. IV". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R[egia]. Università di Torino 12 (300): 1–20.  (Rhadinaea festae, new species, pp. 16–17)
  • Torres-Carvajal O; Hinojosa KC (2020). "Hidden diversity in two widespread snake species (Serpentes: Xenodontini: Erythrolamprus) from South America". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106772. PMID 32087331. Bibcode2020MolPE.14606772T.  (Erythrolamprus festae).

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