Adelphostigma occipitalis

Adelphostigma occipitalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Adelphostigma
Species:
A. occipitalis
Binomial name
Adelphostigma occipitalis
(Jan, 1863)[2]
Synonyms
  • Coronella elegans Günther, 1858
  • Enicognathus occipitalis Jan, 1863
  • Adelphostigma occipitalis (Jan, 1863)
  • Taeniophallus occipitalis (Jan, 1863)
  • Dromicus (Lygophis) wuchereri Günther, 1863
  • Dromicus miolepis Boettger, 1891
  • Liophis occipitalis Amaral, 1929
  • Rhadinaea occipitalis Boulenger, 1894
  • Echinanthera occipitalis Dibernardo, 1992

Adelphostigma occipitalis is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. It is widely distribution in South America and occurs from northeastern Peru and Colombia south and east to large parts of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. It is oviparous.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ines Hladki, A.; Ramírez Pinilla, M.; Renjifo, J.; Urbina, N.; Nogueira, C.; Gagliardi, G.; Gonzales, L. (2019). "Taeniophallus occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T15182954A15182961. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T15182954A15182961.en. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Jan, G. (1863). "Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae". Arch. Zool. Anat. Fisiol. (in Italian). 2 (2): 213–330.
  3. ↑ Adelphostigma occipitalis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 March 2018.