| Rhinobothryum lentiginosum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Rhinobothryum |
| Species: | R. lentiginosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (Scopoli, 1785) | |
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Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, commonly known as the Amazon banded snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Geographic range
R. lentiginosum is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.[2]
References
- ↑ Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Gutierrez, P.; Renjifo, J.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Gagliardi, G.; Catenazzi, A.; Gonzales, L.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2020). "Rhinobothryum lentiginosum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15183785A15183794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15183785A15183794.en. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- 1 2 Species Rhinobothryum lentiginosum at The Reptile Database
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, pp. 82–83).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Rhinobothryum lentiginosum, p. 109).
- Rojas-Morales, Julián Andrés (2012). "On the geographic distribution of the false coral snake, Rhinobothryum bovallii (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), in Colombia – a biogeographical perspective". Salamandra 48 (4): 243–248.
- Scopoli, Ioannes Antonius (1785). Deliciae Florae et Faunae Insubricae seu Novae, aut Minus Cognitae Species Plantarum et Animalium quas in Insubria Austriaca ... Pars III [Volume 3]. Ticini. vi + 87 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Coluber lentiginosus, new species, p. 41 + Plate XX, figure 2). (in Latin).
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