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Pliocercus euryzonus

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Pliocercus euryzonus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Pliocercus
Species:
P. euryzonus
Binomial name
Pliocercus euryzonus
Cope, 1862
Synonyms[2]
  • Pliocercus euryzonus
    Cope, 1862
  • Liophis splendens
    Jan, 1863
  • Elapochrus euryzona
    Günther, 1893
  • Urotheca euryzona
    Boulenger, 1894

Pliocercus euryzonus, commonly known as Cope's false coral snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is indigenous to southeastern Central America and northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

Geographic range

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P. euryzonus is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.[1] The Reptile Database also lists Guatemala and Peru.[3]

Habitat

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The preferred natural habitat of P. euryzonus is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 1,460 m (4,790 ft).[1]

Reproduction

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P. euryzonus is oviparous.[3]

Subspecies

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Including the nominotypical subspecies, two subspecies are recognized as being valid.[3]

Etymology

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The subspecific name, burghardti, is in honor of herpetologist Gordon M. Burghardt.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Solórzano, A.; Nicholson, K.; Chaves, G.; Porras, L.W. (2016). "Pliocercus euryzonus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T177444A1486938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T177444A1486938.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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 and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Urotheca euryzona, p. 182).
  3. ^ a b c Pliocercus euryzonus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  4. ^ Smith HM, Chiszar D (2001). "Pliocercus euryzonus Cope, Cope's False Coral Snake". Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles (740): 1–4.

Further reading

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  • Cope ED (1862). "Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridæ". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia [14]: 60–81. (Pliocercus euryzonus, new species, pp. 72–73).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Pliocercus euryzonus, p. 107).
  • Ray, Julie M.; Knight, James L. (2013). The Venomous Snakes and their Mimics of Panama and Costa Rica: Las Cuebras Venenosas y sus Mímicas de Panamá y Costa Rica. Scotts Valley, California: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. 282 pp. ISBN 978-1493586011.
  • Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN 0-226-73537-0. (Urotheca euryzona, p. 642).
  • Smith HM, Chiszar D (1996). Species-Group Taxa of the False Coral Snake Genus Pliocercus. Pottsville, Pennsylvania: Ramus Publishing, Inc. 112 pp. ISBN 978-0965253505. (Pliocercus euryzonus burghardti, new subspecies, p. 31).