Echinanthera cephalomaculata

Echinanthera cephalomaculata is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The holotype (a female) measured 561 mm (22.1 in).[3]

Echinanthera cephalomaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Echinanthera
Species:
E. cephalomaculata
Binomial name
Echinanthera cephalomaculata
Di Bernardo, 1994[2]

Distribution

The species is endemic to north-eastern Brazil.[3]

References

  1. Silveira, A.L., Prudente, A.L. da C., Argôlo , A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Strüssmann , C., Loebmann, D., Barbo, F.E., Franco, F.L., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira , M.E., Hoogmoed, M.S., Marques, O.A.V., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Sawaya, R.J. & da Costa, T.B.G. (2020). Echinanthera cephalomaculata. In: IUCN 2020. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. Di Bernardo, Marcos (1994). "Uma nova espécie de Echinanthera Cope, 1894 (Serpentes, Colubridae) do nordeste do Brasil". Biociências. 2 (2): 75–81.
  3. Echinanthera cephalomaculata at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2014.
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