Erythrolamprus mertensi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species: Erythrolamprus mertensi

Name

• Erythrolamprus mertensi (Roze, 1964)

Holotype: MBUCV 3046, ♂.

Type locality: “Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Rancho Grande), estado Aragua, Venezuela, in a cloud forest, approximately 1000 meters above sea level.”

Combinations

• Umbrivaga mertensi Roze, 1964: 536 [original combination]
• Erythrolamprus mertensi — Grazziotin et al., 2012: 458 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Roze, J.A. 1964. The snakes of the Leimadophis-Urotheca-Liophis complex from Parque Nacional Henri Pittier (Rancho Grande), Venezuela, with a description of a new genus and species (Reptilia, Colubridae). Senckenbergiana biologica 45(3/5): 533–542. 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

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Erythrolamprus mertensi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 8 May 2018.
• Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2015. IUCN: Erythrolamprus mertensi  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T177557A67509751. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T177557A67509751.en

Vernacular names

English: Mertens' Tropical Forest Snake