Pseudalsophis elegans
Appearance
Pseudalsophis elegans | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Pseudalsophis |
Species: | P. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Pseudalsophis elegans (Tschudi, 1845)
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Pseudalsophis elegans is a species of snake of the family Colubridae. It is the only snake species of the genus Pseudalsophis not found in the Galapagos Islands.
Geographic range
[edit]This snake is found in the southwestern part of mainland Ecuador, as well as in coastal Peru and northern Chile, west of the Andes Mountains.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Richman, N.; Böhm, M.; Sallabery, N. (2017). "Pseudalsophis elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T176332A69941784. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Pseudalsophis elegans". Reptile Database. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ Arteaga, A (2024). Arteaga, A; Bustamante, L; Vieira, J (eds.). Reptiles of Ecuador: Life in the middle of the world.