''Erythrolamprus ingeri'' is a
species
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of
snake
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in the
subfamily
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Dipsadinae
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of the
family
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Colubridae
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. The species is
endemic
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to
Venezuela
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.
Etymology
The
specific name, ''ingeri'', is in honor of American herpetologist
Robert F. Inger.
[ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Liophis ingeri'', p. 129).]
Geographic range
''E. ingeri'' is found in the Venezuelan state of
Bolívar.
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]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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s of ''E. ingeri'' are shrubland
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and freshwater wetlands
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, at altitudes of .[
]
Reproduction
''E. ingeri'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that reproduce by depositing fertilized zygotes outside the body (i.e., by laying or spawning) in metabolically independent incubation organs known as eggs, which nurture the embryo into moving offsprings kno ...
.[
]
References
Further reading
* Freiberg MA (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (''Liophis ingeri'', p. 102).
* 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 ingeri'', new combination).
* Kornacker PM (1999). ''Checklist and key to the snakes of Venezuela: Lista sistemática y clave para las serpientes de Venezuela''. Rheinbach, Germany: PaKo-Verlag. 270 pp. . (''Liophis ingeri'', p. 105). (in English and Spanish).
* Roze J (1958). "''Los reptiles del Chimantá Tepui (Estado Bolívar, Venezuela) colectados por la expedición botánica del Chicago Natural History Museum'' ". ''Acta Biologica Venezuelica'' 22 (25): 299–314. (''Liophis ingeri'', new species, p. 303). (in Spanish).
Erythrolamprus
Reptiles of Venezuela
Endemic fauna of Venezuela
Reptiles described in 1958
Taxa named by Janis Roze
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