Erythrolamprus vitti

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 Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

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

Name

Erythrolamprus vitti (Dixon, 2000)

• Holotype: KU 179506, adult ♂, collected by J.D. Lynch on 31 May 1977.
• Type locality: “Maldonado, 1410 m, Carchi, Ecuador (0°54’ N, 78°06’ W)”.

Combinations

• Liophis vitti Dixon, 2000: 485 [original combination]
• Erythrolamprus vitti — Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto, 2012 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Dixon, J.R. 2000. Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Bolivian snakes of the Liophis taeniurus complex with descriptions of two new species. Copeia 2000(2): 482–490. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0482:EPABSO]2.0.CO;2
• 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

• Caicedo, J. 2017. IUCN: Erythrolamprus vitti  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44581770A44581773. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44581770A44581773.en. Accessed on 09 February 2026.