Erythrolamprus mertensi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: 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 mertensi

Name

Erythrolamprus mertensi (Roze, 1964)

• Holotype: MBUCV 3046, ♂, collected by L. Aristeguieta in April 1953.
• Type locality: “Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Rancho Grande), estado Aragua, Venezuela, in a cloud forest, approximately 1000 meters above sea level”.

Combinations

• Umbrivaga mertensi Roze, 1964: 536 [original combination]
• Erythrolamprus mertensi — Grazziotin et al., 2012: 458 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Roze, J.A. 1964. The snakes of the Leimadophis-Urotheca-Liophis complex from Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Rancho Grande), Venezuela, with a description of a new genus and species (Reptilia, Colubridae). Senckenbergiana biologica 45(3/5): 533–542. Reference page. 
• Grazziotin, F.G., Zaher, H., Murphy, R.W., Scrocchi, G., Altamirano-Benevides, M.A., Zhang, Y.-P. & Bonatto, S.L. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics 28(5): 437–459. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x Reference page. 

Links

• Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2015. IUCN: Erythrolamprus mertensi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T177557A67509751. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T177557A67509751.en. Accessed on 01 September 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Mertens' Tropical Forest Snake