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Oxyrhopus occipitalis

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Oxyrhopus occipitalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Oxyrhopus
Species:
O. occipitalis
Binomial name
Oxyrhopus occipitalis
(Wied-Neuwied in Spix, 1824)

Oxyrhopus occipitalis is a neotropical snake of the family Dipsadidae.[2] It occurs in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela.[3] It is often confused with Oxyrhopus formosus, a Brazilian species. Oxyrhopus occipitalis is more slender, the snout is yellow and the top of the head is brown, adults are red with very faint darker bands; O. formosus is more robust, the head is entirely yellow, and adults have obvious transverse dark bands

References

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  1. ^ Ouboter, P.; Martins, M.R.C.; Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. (2019). "Oxyrhopus occipitalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177433A44950913. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T177433A44950913.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014-04-22). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. CRC Press. pp. 519–. ISBN 9781482208474. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  3. ^ MacCulloch, R.D.; A. Lathrop; P.J.R. Kok; R. Ernst & M. Kalamandeen (2009). "The genus Oxyrhopus (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontinae) in Guyana: morphology, distributions and comments on taxonomy". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 49 (36): 487–495. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492009003600001.