Biology:Erythrolamprus fraseri
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Short description: Species of 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 |
| Genus: | Erythrolamprus |
| Species: | E. fraseri
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| Erythrolamprus fraseri (Boulenger, 1894)
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Erythrolamprus fraseri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, fraseri, is in honor of British zoologist Louis Fraser.[2]
Geographic range
E. fraseri is found in western Ecuador and in Huancabamba Province, Peru.[1]
Description
The holotype of E. fraseri, an adult female, has a snout-vent length (SVL) of 54 cm (21 in), plus a tail length of 15 cm (5.9 in).[3]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Erythrolamprus fraseri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liophis fraseri, p. 94).
- ↑ Boulenger GA (1894)
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor & Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Liophis fraseri, new species, p. 131 + Plate VI, figure 2).
- Dixon JR (1983). "Systematics of the Latin American Snake Liophis epinephelus [sic] (Serpentes: Colubridae)". pp. 132–149. In: Rhodin AGJ, Miyata K (editors) (1983). Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology: Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. xix + 725 ("Liophis epinephelus [sic] fraseri, new taxonomic status, p.138).
- Torres-Carvajal O, Hinojosa KC (2020). "Hidden diversity in two widespread snake species (Serpentes: Xenodontini: Erythrolamprus) from South America". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 196772. (Erythrolamprus fraseri, new combination).
Wikidata ☰ Q116923545 entry
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