Erythrolamprus fraseri explained
Erythrolamprus fraseri is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, fraseri, is in honor of British zoologist Louis Fraser.[1]
Geographic range
E. fraseri is found in western Ecuador and in Huancabamba Province, Peru.
Description
The holotype of E. fraseri, an adult female, has a snout-vent length (SVL) of, plus a tail length of .[2]
Reproduction
E. fraseri is oviparous.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor & Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I–XX. (Liophis fraseri, new species, p. 131 + Plate VI, figure 2).
- Dixon JR (1983). "Systematics of the Latin American Snake Liophis epinephelus [sic] (Serpentes: Colubridae)". pp. 132–149. In: Rhodin AGJ, Miyata K (editors) (1983). Advances in Herpetology and Evolutionary Biology: Essays in Honor of Ernest E. Williams. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. xix + 725 ("Liophis epinephelus [sic] fraseri, new taxonomic status, p.138).
- Torres-Carvajal O, Hinojosa KC (2020). "Hidden diversity in two widespread snake species (Serpentes: Xenodontini: Erythrolamprus) from South America". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 196772. (Erythrolamprus fraseri, new combination).
Notes and References
- [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
- [George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]