Pliocercus
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| Pliocercus | |
|---|---|
| File:Pliocercus euryzonus.jpg | |
| Cope's false coral snake | |
| File:Variegated false coral snake (Pliocercus elapoides).jpg | |
| Variegated false coral snake | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Pliocercus Cope, 1860 |
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Pliocercus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]Species in the genus Pliocercus are found in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.[1]
Species and subspecies
[edit | edit source]The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Pliocercus elapoides Cope, 1860 – variegated false coral snake
- Pliocercus elapoides aequalis Salvin, 1861
- Pliocercus elapoides diastema (Bocourt, 1886)
- Pliocercus elapoides elapoides Cope, 1860
- Pliocercus elapoides occidentalis H.M. Smith & Landy, 1965
- Pliocercus euryzonus Cope, 1862 – Cope's false coral snake
- Pliocercus euryzonus burghardti H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 1996
- Pliocercus euryzonus euryzonus Cope, 1862
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pliocercus.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c Genus Pliocercus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of the Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia [12]: 241-266. (Pliocercus, new genus, p. 253; P. elapoides, new species, pp. 253–254).
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