Pliocercus
Pliocercus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
Genus: | Pliocercus Cope, 1860 |
Geographic range
Species in the genus Pliocercus are found in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.[1]
Species and subspecies
The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Pliocercus elapoides Cope, 1860
- Pliocercus elapoides aequalis Salvin, 1861
- Pliocercus elapoides diastema (Bocourt, 1886)
- Pliocercus elapoides elapoides Cope, 1860
- Pliocercus elapoides occidentalis H.M. Smith & Landy, 1965
- Pliocercus euryzonus Cope, 1862
- Pliocercus euryzonus burghardti H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 1996
- Pliocercus euryzonus euryzonus Cope, 1862
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pliocercus.
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References
- Genus Pliocercus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of the Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia [12]: 241-266. (Pliocercus, new genus, p. 253; P. elapoides, new species, pp. 253–254).
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