Erythrolamprus mertensi

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Erythrolamprus mertensi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Erythrolamprus
Species:
E. mertensi
Binomial name
Erythrolamprus mertensi
(Roze, 1964)

Erythrolamprus mertensi, Mertens's tropical forest snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Venezuela. [2]

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References

  1. Schargel, W. & Rivas, G. 2015. Erythrolamprus mertensi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T177557A67509751. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/177557/67509751 Downloaded on 02 October 2018.
  2. Erythrolamprus mertensi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 25 August 2014.