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Urotheca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Order
  
Squamata

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Similar
  
Pliocercus, Tretanorhinus, Coniophanes, Rhadinaea, Xenopholis

Halloween snake pliocercus urotheca euryzonus


Urotheca is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.

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Geographic range

Species in the genus Urotheca are found in Central America and northwestern South America.

Species

Eight species are recognized as being valid.

  • Urotheca decipiens (Günther, 1893)
  • Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840)
  • Urotheca fulviceps (Cope, 1886)
  • Urotheca guentheri (Dunn, 1938)
  • Urotheca lateristriga (Berthold, 1859)
  • Urotheca multilineata (W. Peters, 1863)
  • Urotheca myersi Savage & Lahanas, 1989
  • Urotheca pachyura (Cope, 1875)
  • Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Urotheca.

    References

    Urotheca Wikipedia