Erythrolamprus bizona

Short description: Species of snake

Erythrolamprus bizona

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

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

E. bizona

Binomial name
Erythrolamprus bizona

Jan, 1863[2]

Synonyms

* Erythrolamprus aesculapii var. bizona Jan, 1863
* Erythrolamprus bizonus Savage, 2002 (missp.)[3]

Erythrolamprus bizona, commonly known as the double-banded false coral snake, is a species of colubrid snake, which is endemic to northern South America and Central America.

## Contents

* 1 Geographic range
* 2 Mimicry
* 3 Diet
* 4 Habitat
* 5 Symbiotic relationship
* 6 References
* 7 Further reading

## Geographic range

It is found in Colombia, Venezuela,[4] Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama,[3] and on the island of Trinidad (in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago).

## Mimicry

Similar in pattern to a coral snake, this species probably gains protection through mimicry.

## Diet

It probably feeds mainly on other snakes.

## Habitat

It is often found in the leaf litter or burrowed in the soil in rain forests.

## Symbiotic relationship

It burrows primarily near the Pouteria caimito, commonly known as the abiu, a tropical fruit tree, the nutrients of which supply the snake's clutch of eggs. In turn the tree is fertilized by the snake's urine and embryotic fluid.

## References

1. ↑ Powney, G., Lewis, S., Sears, J., Wren, S., Milligan, H.T., Vargas Álvarez, J., Saborío, G., García Rodríguez, A., Batista, A., Ballesteros, E., Acosta Chaves, V., De Silva, R., Wearn, O.R., Zamin, T., Wilson, P., Lintott, P., Caicedo, J., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P. & Rivas, G. 2016. Erythrolamprus bizona. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T176805A1447602 . https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176805/1447602.
2. ↑ ITIS (Integrated taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
4. ↑ Freiberg, M.A. 1982. Snakes of South America. T.F.H. Publications. Hong Kong. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Erythrolamprus bizona, p. 98.)

## Further reading

* Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press. College Station, Texas. xvi + 328 pp.. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
* Goldberg, Stephen R. (2004). "Notes on reproduction in the false coral snakes, Erythrolamprus bizona and Erythrolamprus mimus (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Costa Rica". The Texas Journal of Science (Texas Academy of Science) 56 (2): 171–174.
* Jan G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Arch. Zool. Anat.Fisiol. 2 (2): 213–330. (Erythrolamprus aesculapii [var.] bizona, pp. 314–316.)

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