''Erythrolamprus fraseri'' is a
species
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of
snake
Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ...
in the
family
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Colubridae
Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...
. The species is native to northwestern
South America
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''fraseri'', is in honor of British zoologist
Louis Fraser Louis Fraser (1819 – c. 1883) was a British Zoology, zoologist and collector. In his early years, Fraser was curator of the Museum of the Zoological Society of London.
Little is known about Fraser's early life. He was born in 1819 or 1820 and mar ...
.
Geographic range
''E. fraseri'' is found in western
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...
and in
Huancabamba Province
Huancabamba Province is a landlocked province in the Piura Region in northwestern Peru. The province is the easternmost in the region.
Boundaries
*North Ecuador
*East Cajamarca Region
*South Lambayeque Region
*West Ayabaca Province
Political di ...
,
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
.
Description
The
holotype
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of ''E. fraseri'', an adult female, has a
snout-vent length (SVL) of , plus a tail length of .
[ Boulenger GA (1894)]
Reproduction
''E. fraseri'' is
oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
.
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References
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'' ic(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'' ic''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).
Erythrolamprus
Reptiles of Ecuador
Reptiles of Peru
Reptiles described in 1894
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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