Pliocercus euryzonus

Pliocercus euryzonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Colubridae
Genus:Pliocercus
Species: P. euryzonus
Binomial name
Pliocercus euryzonus
Cope, 1862
Synonyms[2]
  • Pliocercus euryzonus
    Cope, 1862
  • Liophis splendens
    Jan, 1863
  • Elapochrus euryzona
    — Günther, 1893
  • Urotheca euryzona
    — Boulenger, 1894

Pliocercus euryzonus, commonly known as Cope's false coral snake, is a species of snake in the family Dipsadidae.

Geographic range

P. euryzonus is found in Central America and South America.

References

  1. ↑ "Pliocercus euryzonus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016. 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. ↑ 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 and Francis, printers). xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Urotheca euryzona, p. 182).

Further reading

  • Cope ED (1862). "Synopsis of the Species of Holcosus and Ameiva, with Diagnoses of new West Indian and South American Colubridæ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia [14]: 60-81. (Pliocercus euryzonus, new species, pp. 72–73).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Pliocercus euryzonus, p. 107).
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