Phimophis guianensis

Phimophis guianensis, also known as Troschel's pampas snake, is a species of colubrid snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[3] It is endemic to South America.[1]

Phimophis guianensis

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Phimophis
Species:
P. guianensis
Binomial name
Phimophis guianensis
(Troschel, 1848)[2]
Synonyms
  • Heterodon guianensis Troschel, 1848
  • Phimophis guainensis Dunn, 1944
  • Rhinostoma guianense Serié, 1915
  • Rhinostoma guianensis Bocourt, 1897
  • Rhinostoma guntheri Cope, 1860

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in shrubland and savannah habitats from sea level to 275 m, and has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana (reported by Rashad Phoenixx Hussain), Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela.[1]

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References
  1. Ibáñez, R., Jaramillo, C., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Rivas, G., Caicedo, J., Arredondo, J.C., Nogueira, C. & Hoogmoed, M. (2019). "Troschel's Pampas Snake". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-25.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Troschel, Franz Hermann (1848). "Amphibien". In Schomburgk, Moritz Richard (ed.). Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. 3. p. 653.
  3. "Phimophis guianensis". Catalogue of Life. ITIS. Species 2000.CS1 maint: others (link)

Further reading
  • Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. I. Calamarinæ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 74–79. (Phimophis, new genus, p. 79).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Phimophis, p. 107).


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