Siphlophis pulcher

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia 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: Siphlophis
Species: Siphlophis pulcher

Name

Siphlophis pulcher (Raddi, 1820)

• Holotype: IRMC, collected by G. Raddi between 1817–1818.
• Type locality: “vicinanze di Rio-Janeiro [=Rio de Janeiro]”, Brazil.

Combinations

• Coluber pulcher Raddi, 1820: 337 [original combination]
• Siphlophis pulcher — Hoge, 1964 [subsequent combination]

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. 

Links

• Silveira, A.L., Argôlo, A.J.S., Abrahão, C.R., Nogueira, C. de C., Strüssmann, C., Loebmann, D., Barbo, F.E., Franco, F.L., Costa, G.C., de Moura, G.J.B., Zaher, H. el D., Borges-Martins, M., Martins, M.R.C., Oliveira, M.E., Hoogmoed, M.S., Marques, O.A.V., Passos, P.G.H., Bérnils, R.S., Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A., Sawaya, R.J. & Guedes da Costa, T.B. 2019. IUCN: Siphlophis pulcher  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T177522A123175666. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T177522A123175666.en. Accessed on 28 October 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Guanabara Spotted Night Snake