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    Species Accepted

    Amastridium veliferum Cope, 1861

    Rufous-headed snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Amastridium
    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

      5 results
      Colubro testa rosso-ruggine Italian
      Culebra cabeza cobriza Spanish
      Rufous-headed snake English
      Rustyhead Snake English
      Колумбийский уж Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      30 results
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      Lee, J. C. (2000). A field guide to the amphibians and reptiles of the Maya world. Cornell University Press, Ithaca,.
      Hilje B, Chaves G, Klank J, Timmerman F, Feltham J, Gillingwater S, Piraino T, & Rojas E. (2020). Amphibians and Reptiles of the Tirimbina Biological Reserve: a baseline for conservation, research and environmental education in a lowland tropical wet forest in Costa Rica. Check List 16(6): 1633-1655.
      Wilson, L. D., & ROBINSON, D. C. (1971). Additional specimens of the colubrid snake Amastridium veliferum (Colubridae) from Costa Rica, with comments on a pseudohermaphrodite. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 70: 53-54.
      Sunyer, & Javier. (2014). An updated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Nicaragua. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1 (2): 186–202.
      Wilson L D. (1988). Amastridium Cope. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 449: 1-3.
      Pérez-Santos, C., & Moreno, A. G. (1988). Ofidios de Colombia. Museo Reegionale Di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 Pp.
      Wilson, L. D., & MEYER, J. R. (1969). A review of the colubrid snake genus Amastridium. Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 68: 145-159.
      Sasa, M., Arias, E., & Chaves, G. (2025). Annotated list of amphibians and reptiles of Costa Rica: The role of the Museum of Zoology in cataloging the country’s herpetological diversity. Revista de Biología Tropical, 73(S2): E64536-E64536.
      Ray, Julie M. and Patty Ruback. (2015). Updated checklists of snakes for the provinces of Panamá and Panamá Oeste, Republic of Panama. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (2): 168-188.

      Citation

      Amastridium veliferum Cope, 1861 in undefined