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Tschudi's False Coral Snake
Oxyrhopus melanogenys (Tschudi, 1845)
Also calledCoral (por) · Coral-Falsa (por) · Falsa-Coral (por) · Faux corail (fra) · Oxyrhope à col jaune (fra) · Oxyrhope à col jaune, Faux corail (fra) · Oxyrhope à menton noir (fra) · Oxyrhope à menton noir (L') (fra) · Sorthovedet Calicosnog (dan) · Бразильский лунный уж (rus)
First described in: Tschudi, & Von, J. J. Reptilium conspectum quae in republica Peruana reperiuntur er pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itenere.
Oxyrhopus melanogenys, commonly known as Tschudi's false coral snake, is a colubrid snake species found in the northern part of South America.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Known from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela (Plt. 320 A). In Brazil, widespread in Amazonia, with marginal records in Chiquitano Dry Forest, upland areas of the Caatinga, and Cerrado (Plt. 320 A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 320 B). Observed in the field in primary forest (Martins and Oliveira, 1998; Bernarde and Abe, 2006; Martins et al., 2008 b).
Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna
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Description
Adults may attain a total length of 68 cm (27 in), which includes a tail 17 cm (6.7 in) long. Dorsally, it is red or reddish brown, with the dorsal scales black-edged or black-tipped. There may be a few black crossbands in groups of three (triads) on the anterior portion of the body. The top of the head and the nape of the neck are black. Ventrally, it is yellowish. It is often confused with Oxyrhopus trigeminus. The dorsal scales are smooth, with apical pits, and are arranged in 19 rows at midbody.
Range & habitat
O. m. melanogenys is native to Bolivia, Peru, Brazil (Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará), Ecuador, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolívar). O. m. orientalis is found in Peru and Brazil (Pará).
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2455020.