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Leimadophis epinephelus Amaral, 1925 Erythrolamprus epinephalus , the Fire-bellied snake , is a species of snake in the Colubridae family. It is found in Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Venezuela , Ecuador , and Peru .
Leimadophis reginae (Linnaeus, 1758) The royal ground snake ( Erythrolamprus reginae ) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae . The species is endemic to northern South America .
The status of the genus Liophis on the mainland of South America is highly uncertain, and some authorities assign some species to the genera Dromicus, Erythrolamprus, Leimadophis, Lygophis, and Philodryas. Others consider Dromicus and Leimadophis to be synonyms of Liophis. [2]
However, molecular studies beginning in 2009 determined that Erythrolamprus was not monophyletic, and thus most of the snakes of the genera Liophis, Leimadophis, and Umbrivaga were placed into Erythrolamprus, bringing the number of species up to 50.
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. xix + 725 ("Liophis epinephelus [sic] fraseri, new taxonomic status, p.138). Torres-Carvajal O, Hinojosa KC (2020). "Hidden diversity in two widespread snake species (Serpentes: Xenodontini: Erythrolamprus) from South America". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 146: 196772.
There is a species of snake that specializes in eating both golden and black-legged poison frogs called Leimadophis epinephelus. However, it can only handle younger frogs, as older ones can make them sick or kill them. --Onagro 4:28PM CST 22 May 2007. It would be funny if a poison arrow frog bit itself. Or canabalism.
The following three subspecies have been described. [2]Erythrolamprus juliae copeae (Parker, 1936); Erythrolamprus juliae juliae (Cope, 1879); Erythrolamprus juliae mariae (Barbour, 1914)
Erythrolamprus melanotus grows up to a total length (including tail) of 43 cm (17 in). [4]Dorsally, it has a light yellow or pinkish color, with a wide, dark vertebral stripe, [4] which is bordered on each side by a thin whitish stripe, followed by a thin dark stripe.