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.
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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. festae
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| Erythrolamprus festae (Peracca, 1897)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, festae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Enrico Festa.[3]
Geographic range
editHabitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of E. festae is forest, at altitudes of 600–1,680 m (1,970–5,510 ft).[1]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Cisneros-Heredia DF, Yánez-Muñoz M (2016). "Erythrolamprus festae ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15179235A15179244. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15179235/15179244 Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
- ^ a b c Erythrolamprus festae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
- ^ Beoens, 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 festae, p. 89).
Further reading
edit- 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). (in Portuguese).
- 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. (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). (in Italian).
- Torres-Carvajal O, Hinojosa KC (2020). "Hidden diversity in two widespread snake species (Serpentes: Xenodontini: Erythrolamprus) from South America". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 106772. (Erythrolamprus festae).