Oxyrhopus occipitalis
| Oxyrhopus occipitalis | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Xenodontinae |
| Genus: | Oxyrhopus |
| Species: | O. occipitalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyrhopus occipitalis (Wied-Neuwied in Spix, 1824) | |
Oxyrhopus occipitalis is a neotropical snake of the family Dipsadidae.[2] It occurs in Brazil, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Venezuela.[3] It is often confused with Oxyrhopus formosus, a Brazilian species. Oxyrhopus occipitalis is more slender, the snout is yellow and the top of the head is brown, adults are red with very faint darker bands; O. formosus is more robust, the head is entirely yellow, and adults have obvious transverse dark bands
References
- ↑ Martins, M. (2010). "Oxyrhopus occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- ↑ Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014-04-22). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. pp. 519–. ISBN 9781482208474. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
- ↑ MacCulloch, R.D., A. Lathrop, P.J.R. Kok, R. Ernst and M. Kalamandeen (2009). "The genus Oxyrhopus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) in Guyana: morphology, distributions and comments on taxonomy". Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia 49: 487–495.