Urotheca

Updated on Jan 01, 2025

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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.

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

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.

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