Urotheca

Urotheca is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.[1]

Urotheca
Urotheca fulviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Urotheca
Bibron, 1843

Geographic range

Species in the genus Urotheca are found in Central America and northwestern South America.[1]

Species

Eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Urotheca decipiens (Günther, 1893)
  • Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840)
  • Urotheca fulviceps (Cope, 1886)
  • Urotheca guentheri (Dunn, 1938)
  • Urotheca lateristriga (Berthold, 1859)
  • Urotheca multilineata (W. Peters, 1863)
  • Urotheca myersi Savage & Lahanas, 1989
  • Urotheca pachyura (Cope, 1875)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Urotheca.

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References
  1. Genus Urotheca at The Reptile Database.

Further reading
  • Bibron G (1843). In: Cocteau JT & Bibron G (1843). "Reptiles ". pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1843). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. [= Physical, Political and Natural History of the Island of Cuba. Second Part. Natural History. Volume 4. Reptiles and Fishes]. Paris: A. Bertrand. 255 pp. + Plates I-V. (Urotheca, new genus, p. 131). (in Spanish and Latin).


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