Rusty-headed Snakes
Amastridium
The rustyhead snake (Amastridium veliferum) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found from southern Mexico, through Central America, to Colombia. A. veliferum is one of only two recognized species in the genus Amastridium, the other being A. sapperi, which is named in honor of German explorer Karl Sapper.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 30080.