Phimophis guianensis

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Phimophis guianensis
Rashad's Pampas Snake.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Phimophis
Species:
P. guianensis
Binomial name
Phimophis guianensis
(Troschel, 1848)[2]
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Heterodon guianensis
    Troschel, 1848
  • Rhinostoma guntheri
    Cope, 1860
  • Rhinostoma guianense
    — Boulenger, 1896
  • Rhinostoma guianensis
    — Bocourt, 1897
  • Phimophis guianensis
    — Dunn, 1944

Phimophis guianensis, also known commonly as Troschel's Pampas snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae.[5] The species is endemic to South America.[1]

Geographic range[]

Phimophis guianensis has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela.[1]

Habitat[]

The preferred natural habitats of P. guianensis are shrubland and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to 250 m (820 ft).[1]

Description[]

Phimophis guianensis may attain a total length of 103 cm (41 in), which includes a tail 16 cm (6.3 in) long.[4]

Reproduction[]

Phimophis guianensis is oviparous.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Ibáñez, R.; Jaramillo, C.; Gutiérrez-Cárdenas, P.; Rivas, G.; Caicedo, J.; Arredondo, J.C.; Nogueira, C.; Hoogmoed, M. (2019). "Phimophis guianensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203559A2768446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203559A2768446.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Troschel, Franz Hermann (1848). "Amphibien ". In Schomburgk, Moritz Richard (ed.). Reisen in Britisch-Guiana in den Jahren 1840-44. 3. (Heterodon guianensis, new species, p. 653).
  3. ^ a b Species Phimophis guianensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  4. ^ a b 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. (Rhinostoma guianense, pp. 114-115).
  5. ^ "Oldstyle id: bf06e4bbabfd6aaf92a92ace4a4fea73". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Further reading[]

  • Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. I. Calamarinæ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 74–79. (Phimophis, new genus, p. 79).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Phimophis, p. 107).
  • (1916). "A Catalog of the Ophidia from South America at Present (June, 1916) Contained in the Carnegie Museum with Descriptions of some New Species". Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 7 (3): 163–228 + Plate XXVIII. (Rhinostoma guianense, p. 214).


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