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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusErythrolamprus
Erythrolamprus cobella
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Mangrove Snak

Erythrolamprus cobella (Linnaeus, 1758)

Also calledCobra-Selada (por) · Cobra-de-Capim (por) · Couleuvre cobelle (La) (fra) · Couresse des vasières (fra) · Jararaca-Rajada (por) · Jararaquinha (por) · Sydamerikansk Rødbuget Glatsnog (dan) · Südamerikanische Rotbauch-Glattnatter (deu)

First described in: Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Known from Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad, and Venezuela (Plt. 372 A). In Brazil, known only from northern Amazonia and Guianan savannas, north of the Amazon River (Plt. 372 A), mostly at low elevations (Plt. 372 B). Maps and taxonomy in Fernandes et al. (2002), see also Dixon (1983). Observed in the field in primary and secondary forest, and also in grassland, often near water bodies (FranÇa et al., 2006; Dixon, 1983).

Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7685397.