Erythrolamprus fraseri

Erythrolamprus fraseri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.

Erythrolamprus fraseri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species:
E. fraseri
Binomial name
Erythrolamprus fraseri
(Boulenger, 1894)
Synonyms[1]

Etymology

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The specific name, fraseri, is in honor of British zoologist Louis Fraser.[2]

Geographic range

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E. fraseri is found in western Ecuador and in Huancabamba Province, Peru.[1]

Description

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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

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E. fraseri is oviparous.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Erythrolamprus fraseri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ Boulenger GA (1894)

Further reading

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  • 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).