Phimophis guianensis explained

Phimophis guianensis, also known commonly as Troschel's pampas snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.The species is endemic to South America.

Geographic range

Phimophis guianensis has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. guianensis are shrubland and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 250m (820feet).

Description

Phimophis guianensis may attain a total length of 103cm (41inches), which includes a tail 16cm (06inches) long.^[1]

Reproduction

Phimophis guianensis is oviparous.

Further reading

• Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. I. Calamarinæ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 74–79. (Phimophis, new genus, p. 79).
• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus Phimophis, p. 107).
• Griffin LE (1916). "A Catalog of the Ophidia from South America at Present (June, 1916) Contained in the Carnegie Museum with Descriptions of some New Species". Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 7 (3): 163–228 + Plate XXVIII. (Rhinostoma guianense, p. 214).

Notes and References

1. [George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]