Erythrolamprus_epinephalus

<i>Erythrolamprus epinephalus</i>

Erythrolamprus epinephalus

Species of snake

Erythrolamprus epinephalus, the Fire-bellied snake, is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru. The snake, which was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1862,[2] is notable for its apparent immunity to the toxic skin of the golden poison dart frog, which it preys upon.[3][4]

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Classification

Erythrolamprus epinephalus 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.

Recent phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular DNA evidence has shown that Erythrolamprus epinephalus is now likely paraphyletic, with respect to Erythrolamprus pseudoreginae of Tobago, named in 2019.[5]

The relationships of Erythrolamprus species located in northern South America can be shown in the cladogram below:[5]

     

E. poecilogyrus (paraphyletic)

     

E. ceii

E. poecilogyrus (paraphyletic)

E. miliaris

E. miliaris

     
     

E. typhlus (Brazil) (paraphyletic)

     

E. reginae (paraphyletic)

     

E. reginae (paraphyletic)

E. zweifeli

E. breviceps

Erythrolamprus epinephalus (Peru) (paraphyletic)

     
     

Erythrolamprus epinephalus (Costa Rica) (paraphyletic)

E. pseudoreginae

E. melanotus

     
     

E. typhlus (French Guiana) (paraphyletic)

E. cobella

     
     

E. aesculapii (Brazil) (paraphyletic)

E. ocellatus

E. aesculapii (French Guiana & Guyana) (paraphyletic)

     

References

  1. [1]
    Batista, A., García Rodríguez, A., Saborío, G., Vargas Álvarez, J., Acosta Chaves, V., Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P., Rivas, G. & Cisneros-Heredia, D.F. 2017. Erythrolamprus epinephelus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T203547A2768230. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T203547A2768230.en. Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Erythrolamprus epinephalus". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  3. [3]
    Singh, Vivek. "The only natural predator of Golden Poison Dart Frog, world's one of the most toxic animals!". www.thefactandinfo.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  4. [4]
    "Golden Poison Dart Frog". Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. [5]
    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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