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*''[[Erythrolamprus aesculapii]]'' {{small|([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)}} – Aesculapian false coral snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus aesculapii]]'' {{small|([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766)}} – Aesculapian false coral snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus albertguentheri]]'' {{small|([[Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin|Grazziotin]], [[Hussam Zaher|Zaher]], [[Robert Ward Murphy|Murphy]], [[Gustavo José Scrocchi|Scrocchi]], [[Marco Altamirano-Benavides|Benavides]], [[Ya-ping Zhang|Zhang]] & [[Sandro Luis Bonatto|Bonatto]], 1897)}} – [[Albert Günther|Günther's]] green liophis
*''[[Erythrolamprus albertguentheri]]'' {{small|([[Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin|Grazziotin]], [[Hussam Zaher|Zaher]], [[Robert Ward Murphy|Murphy]], [[Gustavo José Scrocchi|Scrocchi]], [[Marco Altamirano-Benavides|Benavides]], [[Ya-ping Zhang|Zhang]] & [[Sandro Luis Bonatto|Bonatto]], 1897)}} – [[Albert Günther|Günther's]] green liophis
*''[[Erythrolamprus albiventris]]'' {{small|([[Giorgio Jan|Jan]], 1863)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus almadensis]]'' {{small|([[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1824)}} – Almaden ground snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus almadensis]]'' {{small|([[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1824)}} – Almaden ground snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus andinus]]'' {{small|([[James R. Dixon|Dixon]], 1983)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus andinus]]'' {{small|([[James R. Dixon|Dixon]], 1983)}}
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*''[[Erythrolamprus epinephalus]]'' {{small|(Cope, 1862)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus epinephalus]]'' {{small|(Cope, 1862)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus festae]]'' {{small|([[Mario Giacinto Peracca|Peracca]], 1897)}} – drab ground snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus festae]]'' {{small|([[Mario Giacinto Peracca|Peracca]], 1897)}} – drab ground snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus fraseri]]'' {{small|[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1894}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus frenatus]]'' {{small|([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1909)}} – swamp liophis
*''[[Erythrolamprus frenatus]]'' {{small|([[Franz Werner|F. Werner]], 1909)}} – swamp liophis
*''[[Erythrolamprus guentheri]]'' {{small|[[Samuel Garman|Garman]], 1883}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus guentheri]]'' {{small|[[Samuel Garman|Garman]], 1883}}
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*''[[Erythrolamprus janaleeae]]'' {{small|(Dixon, 2000)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus janaleeae]]'' {{small|(Dixon, 2000)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus juliae]]'' {{small|(Cope, 1879)}} – [[Julia Cope Collins|Julia's]] ground snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus juliae]]'' {{small|(Cope, 1879)}} – [[Julia Cope Collins|Julia's]] ground snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus lamonae]]'' {{small|([[Emmett Reid Dunn|Dunn]], 1944)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus macrosomus]]'' {{small|([[Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral|Amaral]], 1936)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus macrosomus]]'' {{small|([[Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral|Amaral]], 1936)}}
*''[[Erythrolamprus maryellenae]]'' {{small|(Dixon, 1985)}} – Maryellen's ground snake
*''[[Erythrolamprus maryellenae]]'' {{small|(Dixon, 1985)}} – Maryellen's ground snake

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Erythrolamprus
Erythrolamprus almadensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Wagler, 1830[1]
Synonyms[2][3]

Coluber, Coniophanes, Coronella, Elaps, Glaphyrophis, Natrix, Opheomorphus, Umbrivaga

Erythrolamprus is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly known as false coral snakes, native to Central America, the Caribbean, and the northern part of South America. They appear to be coral snake mimics.

Species

These species are currently recognized as being valid.[1]

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.[4]

Cited references

  1. ^ a b "Erythrolamprus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 13 August 2007.
  2. ^ Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Genus Erythrolamprus, pp. 199-200).
  3. ^ "Erythrolamprus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Mimicry in Erythrolamprus, p. 159).

Further reading

  • 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 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).