''Erythrolamprus festae'', also known
commonly as the drab ground snake, is a
species
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of
snake
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in the
family
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Colubridae
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. The species is native to northwestern
South America
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''festae'', is in honor of Italian zoologist
Enrico Festa.
[ Beoens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Liophis festae'', p. 89).]
Geographic range
''E. festae'' is found in
Ecuador
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and
Peru
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.
Habitat
The preferred natural
habitat
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of ''E. festae'' is
forest
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, at altitudes of .
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Reproduction
''E. festae'' is oviparous
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.[
]
References
Further reading
* Amaral A (1929). "''Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica'' ". ''Memórias do Instituto Butantan'' 4: 126–271. (''Liophis festae'', new combination, p. 171). (in Portuguese).
* Grazziotin FG, Zaher H, Murphy RW, Scrocchi G, Benavides MA, Zhang Y-P, Bonatto SL (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal". ''Cladistics'' 28 (5): 437–459. (''Erythrolamprus festae'', new combination).
* Peracca MG (1897). "''Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Ecuador e regioni vicine. IV.'' ". ''Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Rgia
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Università di Torino'' 12 (300): 1–20. (''Rhadinaea festae'', new species, pp. 16–17). (in Italian).
* Torres-Carvajal O, Hinojosa KC (2020). "Hidden diversity in two widespread snake species (Serpentes: Xenodontini: ''Erythrolamprus'') from South America". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 146: 106772. (''Erythrolamprus festae'').
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Erythrolamprus
Reptiles of Ecuador
Reptiles of Peru
Reptiles described in 1897
Taxa named by Mario Giacinto Peracca