| Urotheca | |
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| Urotheca fulviceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Urotheca Bibron, 1843 |
Urotheca is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.[1]
Geographic range
[edit]Species in the genus Urotheca are found in Central America and northwestern South America.[1]
Species
[edit]Eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Urotheca decipiens (Günther, 1893) – pale ground snake
- Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840)
- Urotheca fulviceps (Cope, 1886)
- Urotheca guentheri (Dunn, 1938) – striped glasstail
- 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
[edit]- ^ a b c Genus Urotheca at The Reptile Database.
Further reading
[edit]- Bibron G (1843). In: Cocteau JT & Bibron G (1843). "Reptiles ". pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1843). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. [= Physical, Political and Natural History of the Island of Cuba. Second Part. Natural History. Volume 4. Reptiles and Fishes]. Paris: A. Bertrand. 255 pp. + Plates I-V. (Urotheca, new genus, p. 131). (in Spanish and Latin).
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