Erythrolamprus typhlus

Short description: Species of snake

Blind ground snake

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Reptilia
Order:  | Squamata
Suborder:  | Serpentes
Family:  | Colubridae
Subfamily:  | Dipsadinae
Genus:  | Erythrolamprus
Species:  |

E. typhlus

Binomial name
Erythrolamprus typhlus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Erythrolamprus typhlus, the blind ground snake or velvet ground snake, is a species of South American snake in the family Colubridae. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Bolivia.[2]

An adult Erythrolamprus typhlus, velvet swamp snake A juvenile Erythrolamprus typhlus, velvet swamp snake

## Classification

Erythrolamprus typhlus belongs to the genus Erythrolamprus, which contains over 50 species. The genus Erythrolamprus belongs to the subfamily Dipsadinae, which is sometimes referred to as the family Dipsadidae.

Recent phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular DNA evidence has shown that Erythrolamprus typhlus is now likely paraphyletic.[3]

The relationships of Erythrolamprus species located in northern South America can be shown in the cladogram below:[3]

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E. poecilogyrus (paraphyletic)

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E. ceii

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E. poecilogyrus (paraphyletic)

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E. miliaris

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E. miliaris

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Erythrolamprus typhlus (Brazil) (paraphyletic)

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E. reginae (paraphyletic)

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E. reginae (paraphyletic)

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E. zweifeli

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E. breviceps

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E. epinephalus (Peru) (paraphyletic)

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E. epinephalus (Costa Rica) (paraphyletic)

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E. pseudoreginae

E. melanotus

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E. atraventer

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E. jaegeri

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E. almadensis

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E. juliae

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E. cursor

Erythrolamprus typhlus (French Guiana) (paraphyletic)

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E. cobella

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E. aesculapii (Brazil) (paraphyletic)

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E. ocellatus

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E. aesculapii (French Guiana & Guyana) (paraphyletic)

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E. bizona

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E. mimus

## References

1. ↑ Caicedo, J., Calderón, M., Ines Hladki, A., Ramírez Pinilla, M., Renjifo, J., Rivas, G., Urbina, N., Gagliardi, G., Gonzales, L. & Nogueira, C. 2019. Erythrolamprus typhlus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T44581753A44581764. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44581753/44581764 Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
2. ↑ Erythrolamprus typhlus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Murphy, John C.; Braswell, Alvin L.; Charles, Stevland P.; Auguste, Renoir J.; Rivas, Gilson A.; Borzée, Amaël; Lehtinen, Richard M.; Jowers, Michael J. (15 Jan 2019). "A new species of Erythrolamprus from the oceanic island of Tobago (Squamata, Dipsadidae)". ZooKeys (817): 131-157. doi:10.3897/zookeys.817.30811.

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