Rhinobothryum bovallii

Rhinobothryum bovallii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Rhinobothryum
Species:	R. bovallii
Binomial name
	Rhinobothryum bovallii; (Andersson, 1916)
Synonyms
	Rhinobothrium [sic] bovallii; Andersson, 1916; Rhinobothryum [sic] bovalli; — J. Peters, 1960;

Last updated September 19, 2025

Rhinobothryum bovallii, commonly known as the coral mimic snake or the false tree coral, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and northwestern South America.

Etymology

The specific name, bovallii, is in honor of Swedish biologist Carl Bovallius.^[3]

Geographic range

R. bovallii is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador.^[4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of R. bovallii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

R. bovallii is oviparous.^[1]^[4]

Mimicry

R. bovallii mimics two sympatric species of venomous snakes, Micrurus alleni and Micrurus nigrocinctus .^[4]

References

1 2 3 Arredondo, J.C.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Rivas, G.; Sunyer, J.; Townsend, J.H. (2017). "Rhinobothryum bovallii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T177498A1489023. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T177498A1489023.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
↑ Peters JA (1960). "The Snakes of Ecuador, A Check List and Key". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College122 (9): 489-541. ("Rhinobothryum [sic] bovallii ", new combination, p. 537).
↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinobothryum bovallii, p. 36).
1 2 3 Species Rhinobothryum bovallii at The Reptile Database

Andersson LG (1916). "Notes on the reptiles and batrachians in the Zoological Museum at Gothenburg, with an account of some new species". Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskap och Vitter Hets-Samnalles Handlingar Sjatte Foljden (Series B,4) 17 (5) [= Meddelanden fran Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning (9)]: 1-41. ("Rhinobothrium [sic] bovallii ", new species, p. 32, Figure 4).
Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Rhinobothryum bovallii, p. 109).
Rojas-Morales, Julián Andrés (2012). "On the geographic distribution of the false coral snake, Rhinobothryum bovallii (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), in Colombia – a biogeographical perspective". Salamandra48 (4): 243-248.
Rojas-Runjaic, Fernando J. M.; Infante-Rivero, Edwin E. (2018). "Redescubrimiento de las serpientes Rhinobothryium bovallii (Andersson, 1916) y Plesiodipsas perijanensis (Alemán, 1953) en Venezuela". Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales76 (184): 83–92. (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).

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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 1 2 3 Arredondo, J.C.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Rivas, G.; Sunyer, J.; Townsend, J.H. (2017). "Rhinobothryum bovallii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T177498A1489023. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T177498A1489023.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[2] Peters JA (1960). "The Snakes of Ecuador, A Check List and Key". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College122 (9): 489-541. ("Rhinobothryum [sic] bovallii ", new combination, p. 537).

[3] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Rhinobothryum bovallii, p. 36).

[RDB-4] 1 2 3 Species Rhinobothryum bovallii at The Reptile Database

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