Oxyrhopus fitzingeri | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Oxyrhopus |
Species: | O. fitzingeri
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Binomial name | |
Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (
Tschudi, 1845)
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Synonyms [2] | |
Oxyrhopus fitzingeri, also known commonly as Fitzinger's false coral snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.
The specific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger. [3]
The subspecific name, frizzelli, is honor of the collectors of the holotype, Don L. Frizzell & Harriet E. Frizzell. [2]
O. fitzingeri is found in Ecuador and Peru. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of O. fitzingeri are forest, savanna, and desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1,829 m (6,001 ft). [1]
O. fitzingeri is oviparous. [2]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Oxyrhopus.
Oxyrhopus fitzingeri | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Oxyrhopus |
Species: | O. fitzingeri
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Binomial name | |
Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (
Tschudi, 1845)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
Oxyrhopus fitzingeri, also known commonly as Fitzinger's false coral snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.
The specific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger. [3]
The subspecific name, frizzelli, is honor of the collectors of the holotype, Don L. Frizzell & Harriet E. Frizzell. [2]
O. fitzingeri is found in Ecuador and Peru. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of O. fitzingeri are forest, savanna, and desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1,829 m (6,001 ft). [1]
O. fitzingeri is oviparous. [2]
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Oxyrhopus.