Erythrolamprus ceii

Short description: Species of snake

Erythrolamprus ceii

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. ceii

Binomial name
Erythrolamprus ceii

(Dixon, 1991)

Erythrolamprus ceii is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Bolivia and Argentina.[2]

## Classification

Erythrolamprus ceii 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. The relationships of Erythrolamprus species located in northern South America can be shown in the cladogram below, based on molecular DNA analysis:[3]

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E. poecilogyrus (paraphyletic)

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Erythrolamprus ceii

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E. poecilogyrus (paraphyletic)

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E. miliaris

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E. miliaris

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E. 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

E. 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. ↑ Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G.; Williams, J. (2017). "Erythrolamprus ceii" (in en). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T176832A61318857.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176832/61318857. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
2. ↑ Erythrolamprus ceii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
3. ↑ 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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