Phimophis guianensis

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Phimophis guianensis
Rashad's Pampas Snake.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Phimophis
Species:
P. guianensis
Binomial name
Phimophis guianensis
(Troschel, 1848) [2]
Synonyms [3] [4]
  • Heterodon guianensis
    Troschel, 1848
  • Rhinostoma guntheri
    Cope, 1860
  • Rhinostoma guianense
    Boulenger, 1896
  • Rhinostoma guianensis
    Bocourt, 1897
  • Phimophis guianensis
    Dunn, 1944

Phimophis guianensis, also known commonly as Troschel's pampas snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. [5] The species is endemic to South America. [1]

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Geographic range

Phimophis guianensis has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela. [1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of P. guianensis are shrubland and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 250 m (820 ft). [1]

Description

Phimophis guianensis may attain a total length of 103 cm (41 in), which includes a tail 16 cm (6.3 in) long. [4]

Reproduction

Phimophis guianensis is oviparous. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, C.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Rivas, G.; Caicedo, J.; Arredondo, J.C.; Nogueira, C.; Hoogmoed, M. (2019). "Phimophis guianensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T203559A2768446. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203559A2768446.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Troschel, Franz Hermann (1848). "Amphibien ". In Schomburgk, Moritz Richard (ed.). Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. Vol. 3. (Heterodon guianensis, new species, p. 653).
  3. 1 2 Species Phimophis guianensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. 1 2 Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III. Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I–XXV. (Rhinostoma guianense, pp. 114–115).
  5. "Oldstyle id: bf06e4bbabfd6aaf92a92ace4a4fea73". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.

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