Erythrolamprus zweifeli

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 zweifeli

Name

Erythrolamprus zweifeli (Roze, 1959)

• Holotype: MBUCV 95, ♀, collected by J. Racenis on 6 September 1949.
• Type locality: “Rancho Grande in the state of Aragua, Venezuela, at an elevation of 1100 meters, in a cloud forest region”.

Combinations

• Leimadophis zweifeli Roze, 1959: 4 [original combination]
• Liophis reginae zweifeli — Dixon, 1983: 126 [name combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Liophis zweifeli — Rivas et al., 2012: 46 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
• Erythrolamprus zweifeli — Grazziotin et al., 2012: 458 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Roze, J.A. 1959. Taxonomic notes on a collection of Venezuelan reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates 1934: 1–14. hdl: 2246/4351 Reference page. 
• Dixon, J.R. 1983. Systematics of Liophis reginae and L. williamsi (Serpentes, Colubridae), with a description of a new species. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 52(6): 113–138. BHL
• Rivas, G.A., Molina, C.R., Ugueto, G.N., Barros, T.R., Barrio-Amorós, C.L. & Kok, P.J.R. 2012. Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211(1): 1–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3211.1.1 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

• Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. 2016. IUCN: Erythrolamprus zweifeli  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T67630989A67631155. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T67630989A67631155.en. Accessed on 02 July 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Zweifel’s Ground Snake