Palusophis bifossatus

Palusophis bifossatus

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Palusophis
Species: Palusophis bifossatus

Name

Palusophis bifossatus (Raddi, 1820)

• Holotype: MZUF (formerly IRMC), collected by G. Raddi between 1817–1818.
• Type locality: “Neri di Rio-Janeiro, Brasile”.

Combinations

• Coluber bifossatus Raddi, 1820: 333 [original combination]
• Drymobius bifossatus — Boulenger, 1894: 346 [subsequent combination]
• Dryadophis bifossatus — Stuart, 1939 [subsequent combination]
• Mastigodryas bifossatus — Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970 [subsequent combination]
• Palusophis bifossatus — Montingelli, Grazziotin, Battilana, Murphy, Zhang & Zaher, 2019 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Coluber capistratus Lichtenstein, 1823
• Coluber Lichtensteinii Wied, 1825
• Coluber pantherinus Schlegel, 1837
• Drymobius bifossatus striatus Amaral, 1931
• Drymobius bifossatus triseriatus Amaral, 1931
• Dryadophis bifossatus villelai Hoge, 1952
• Mastigodryas bifossatus lacerdai Cunha & Nascimento, 1982

References

Primary references

• Raddi, G. 1820. Di alcune specie nuove di rettili e piante brasiliane. Memoria di Matematica e di Fisica della Società Italiana delle Scienze Residente in Modena 18(2): 313–349. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Leynaud, G.C. & Bucher, E.H. 1999. La fauna de serpientes del Chaco Sudamericano: diversidad, distribución geografica y estado de conservación. Academia Nacional de Ciencias Misceláneas 98: 1–46. Online Reference page. 

Links

• Caicedo, J., Calderón, M., Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Rivas, G., Urbina, N., Nogueira, C. & Gonzales, L. 2019. IUCN: Palusophis bifossatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T203298A2763499. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T203298A2763499.en. Accessed on 28 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Rio Tropical Racer