Schlegel's golden snake

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Schlegel's golden snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Cercophis
Fitzinger, 1843
Species:
C. auratus
Binomial name
Cercophis auratus
(Schlegel, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Dendrophis aurata

Cercophis is a genus of snake in the family Colubridae that contains the sole species Cercophis auratus. [2] It is called Schlegel's golden snake.


It is found in Suriname and Brazil. [3]

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References

  1. Ouboter, P. 2019. Cercophis auratus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019:e.T15158700A15158709. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15158700/15158709. Accessed on 09 November 2022.
  2. Cercophis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 December 2016.
  3. Cercophis auratus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 December 2016.