Oxyrhopus occipitalis

Oxyrhopus occipitalis
Oxyrhopus occipitalis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oxyrhopus
Species:	O. occipitalis
Binomial name
Oxyrhopus occipitalis (Wied-Neuwied in Spix, 1824)

Oxyrhopus occipitalis is a neotropical snake of the family Dipsadidae. ^[2] It occurs in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela. ^[3] It is often confused with Oxyrhopus formosus , a Brazilian species. Oxyrhopus occipitalis is more slender, the snout is yellow and the top of the head is brown, adults are red with very faint darker bands; O. formosus is more robust, the head is entirely yellow, and adults have obvious transverse dark bands

References

1. Ouboter, P.; Martins, M.R.C.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Oxyrhopus occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T177433A44950913. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177433A44950913.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014-04-22). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. pp. 519–. ISBN   9781482208474 . Retrieved 20 October 2014.
3. MacCulloch, R.D.; A. Lathrop; P.J.R. Kok; R. Ernst & M. Kalamandeen (2009). "The genus Oxyrhopus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) in Guyana: morphology, distributions and comments on taxonomy". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 49 (36): 487–495. doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492009003600001 .