Erythrolamprus perfuscus

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 Superclassis: 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 perfuscus

Name

Erythrolamprus perfuscus (Cope, 1862)

• Syntypes (n=2): USNM 6044a–b, ♂ and ♀, collected by T.N. Gill between 1859–1862.
• Type locality: “Barbadoes [=Barbados]”.

Combinations

• Liophis perfuscus Cope, 1862: 77 [original combination]
• Dromicus perfuscus — Barbour, 1937 [subsequent combination]
• Erythrolamprus perfuscus — Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto, 2012: 457 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Barbados.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1862. Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 14: 60–82. BHL 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

• Daltry, J.C. 2016. IUCN: Erythrolamprus perfuscus  (Extinct) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12081A115104581. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12081A71739729.en. Accessed on 11 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Barbados Racer