Erythrolamprus ornatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species: Erythrolamprus ornatus

Name

Erythrolamprus ornatus (Garman, 1887)

• Syntypes (n=6): MCZ 6135, ♀,collected by S.W. Garman on 1 April 1879, MCZ 6136, ♂, collected by S.W. Garman on 14 February 1879, MCZ 6137, ♀, collected by S.W. Garman on 14 February 1879, MCZ 176765, ♀, collected by S.W. Garman on 14 February 1879, MCZ 176766, ♂, collected by S.W. Garman on 14 February 1879 and BMNH 1946.1.9.18 (formerly MCZ), ♀, collected by S.W. Garman on 14 February 1879.
• Type locality: “St. Lucia”.

Combinations

• Dromicus ornatus Garman, 1887: 281 [original combination]
• Liophis ornatus — Dixon, 1980 [subsequent combination]
• Erythrolamprus ornatus — Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto, 2012 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Dromicus giganteus Jan, 1863 [nomen nudum]
• Leimadophis boulengeri Barbour, 1914

Native distribution areas

• Saint Lucia and the offshore island Maria Major.

References

Primary references

• Garman, S. 1887. On West Indian reptiles in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, at Cambridge, Mass. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126): 278–286. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Daltry, J.C. 2016. IUCN: Erythrolamprus ornatus  (Critically Endangered) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12080A115104404. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12080A71739705.en. Accessed on 01 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Ornate Ground Snake