Erythrolamprus torrenicola

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 torrenicola

Name

Erythrolamprus torrenicola (Myers & Donnelly, 1991)

• Holotype: AMNH 136211, adult ♂, collected by C.W. Myers on 26 February 1990.
• Type locality: “Summit Camp 1, 1030 m elevation, north side of Cerro Guaiquinima, Bolivar, Venezuela”.

Combinations

• Liophis torrenicola Myers & Donnelly, 1991: 41 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Donnelly, M.A. & Myers, C.W. 1991. Herpetological Results of the 1990 Venezuelan Expedition to the Summit of Cerro Guaiquinima: with New Tepui Reptiles. American Museum Novitates 3017: 1–54. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2015. IUCN: Erythrolamprus torrenicola  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T50956271A115405701. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T50956271A50956289.en. Accessed on 16 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Velvety Swamp Snake