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    Species Accepted

    Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758)

    Burrowing False Coral
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Anilius
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      43 results
      Anilio corallino Italian
      Anílid Catalan–Valencian
      Burrowing False Coral English
      Cobra-Cega Portuguese
      Cobra-Coral Portuguese
      Cobra-Coral-Falsa Portuguese
      Cobra-de-Duas-Cabeças Portuguese
      Coral Portuguese
      Coral Cylinder Snake English
      Coral Cylinder Snakes English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      86 results
      Silva Araújo, Guilherme da; Robert Moraes dos Santos, José OtávioWonghon Costa, Fabrício Otávio do Nascimento Pereira, Mateus Kennedy Lemos daSilva, Isadora Fernandes de França, Emil José Hernández-Ruz. (2024). Répteis e anfíbios da unidade de manejo florestal Fazenda Uberlândia. Altamira, PA : Edições Ad Excelsa, 127 Pp.
      Eversole, C. B., Powell, R. L., Rivas, L. R., & Lizarro, D. E. (2024). Reptile Biodiversity and Vulnerability in Bolivia’s Beni Department: Informing Conservation Priorities in a Neglected Frontier. Diversity, 16(6), 335.
      Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Antonio J.S. Argôlo, Vanesa Arzamendia, Josué A. Azevedo, Fausto E. Barbo, Renato S. Bérnils, Bruna E. Bolochio, Marcio Borges-Martins, Marcela Brasil-Godinho, Henrique Braz, Marcus A. Buononato, Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, Guarino R. Colli, Henrique C. Costa, Francisco L. Franco, Alejandro Giraudo, Rodrigo C. Gonzalez, Thaís Guedes, Marinus S. Hoogmoed, Otavio A.V. Marques, Giovanna G. Montingelli, Paulo Passos, Ana L.C. Prudente, Gilson A. Rivas, Paola M. Sanchez, Filipe C. Serrano, Nelson J. Silva Jr., Christine Strüssmann, João Paulo S. Vieira-Alencar, Hussam Zaher, Ricardo J. Sawaya, Marcio Martins. (2019). Atlas of Brazilian snakes: verified point-locality maps to mitigate the Wallacean shortfall in a megadiverse snake fauna. South American J. Herp. 14 (Special Issue 1):1-274.
      Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue]. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 Pp.
      Rieppel, O. (1979). A cladistic classification of primitive snakes based on skull structure. Z. Zool. Syst. Evolutionsforsch.17: 140-150.
      Boos, H. E. A. (2001). The snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press, 270 Pp.
      Silva, F.M.; A.C. Menks; A.L.C. Prudente; J.C.L. Costa; A.E.M. Travassos; U. Galatti. (2011). Squamate Reptiles from municipality of Barcarena and surroundings, state of Pará, north of Brazil. Check List 7 (3): 220-226.
      Rivas, Luis R.; Vincent A. Vos, Cord B. Eversole, Randy Powell, and Ruben D. Layme. (2023). First report of hypomelanism in Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758)(Squamata: Aniliidae) from the Bolivian Amazon. Herpetology Notes, 16, 493-495.
      Bernal, R. (2025). Serpientes de Colombia-Guía de Campo. Serie de Guías Tropicales de Campo. 19: 396 Pp. Conservación Internacional Colombia, Bogotá.
      Oken. (1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil, Zoologie. Zweite Abtheilung, Fleischthiere. Jena, Schmid, I–Xvi + 1272 Pp.

      Citation

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