Rhinobothryum lentiginosum
Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, commonly known as the Amazon banded snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Rhinobothryum |
| Species: | R. lentiginosum |
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| Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (Scopoli, 1785) | |
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Geographic range
R. lentiginosum is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.[2]
References
- Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Gutierrez, P.; Renjifo, J.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Gagliardi, G.; Catenazzi, A.; Gonzales, L.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2020). "Rhinobothryum lentiginosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15183785A15183794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15183785A15183794.en. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- Species Rhinobothryum lentiginosum at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, pp. 82–83).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, p. 109).
- Rojas-Morales, Julián Andrés (2012). "On the geographic distribution of the false coral snake, Rhinobothryum bovallii (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), in Colombia – a biogeographical perspective". Salamandra 48 (4): 243–248.
- Scopoli, Ioannes Antonius (1785). Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae seu Novae, aut Minus Cognitae Species Plantarum et Animalium quas in Insubria Austriaca ... Pars III [Volume 3]. Ticini. vi + 87 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Coluber lentiginosus, new species, p. 41 + Plate XX, figure 2). (in Latin).
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