Erythrolamprus jaegeri

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Jaeger's ground snake
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species:
E. jaegeri
Binomial name
Erythrolamprus jaegeri
(Günther, 1858)

Erythrolamprus jaegeri, commonly known as Jaeger's ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina.[2]

Classification[edit]

Erythrolamprus jaegeri 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. The relationships of Erythrolamprus species located in northern South America can be shown in the cladogram below, based on molecular DNA analysis:[3]

     

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

E. epinephalus (Peru) (paraphyletic)

     
     

E. atraventer

     

Erythrolamprus jaegeri

E. almadensis

     

E. typhlus (French Guiana) (paraphyletic)

E. cobella

     
     

E. aesculapii (Brazil) (paraphyletic)

E. ocellatus

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

     

References[edit]

  1. ^ Williams, J., Giraudo, A., Arzamendia, V., Fitzgerald, L. & Scrocchi, G. 2019. Erythrolamprus jaegeri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T176835A61319417. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176835/61319417 Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
  2. ^ Erythrolamprus jaegeri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 August 2014.
  3. ^ 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.