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    Species Accepted

    Oxyrhopus leucomelas (Werner, 1916)

    Werner's False Coral Snake
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Oxyrhopus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

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      Werner's False Coral Snake English
      Амазонский лунный уж Russian

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      13 results
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      Calcaño, Daniel and César L. Barrio-Amorós. (2010). Geographic distribution: Oxyrhopus leucomelas. Herpetological Review 41 (3): 381.
      Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. (2019). Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (E178).
      Arteaga, A., Bustamante, L., & Vieira, J. (2024). Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 Pp.
      Pérez-Santos, C., & Moreno, A. G. (1988). Ofidios de Colombia. Museo Reegionale Di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 Pp.
      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.
      RIVAS, GILSON A.; CÉSAR R. MOLINA, GABRIEL N. UGUETO, TITO R. BARROS, CÉSAR L. BAR- RIO-AMORÓS & PHILIPPE J. R. KOK. (2012). Reptiles of Venezuela: an updated and commented checklist. Zootaxa 3211: 1–64.
      Serrano FC, Diaz-Ricaurte JC, Antúnez-Fonseca CA, et al. (2025). Home of the brave: is similarity in defensive behaviour of Neotropical snakes (Dipsadidae: Pseudoboini) predicted by sympatry? Journal of Tropical Ecology 41:E22.
      Downs, Floyd L. (1961). Generic reallocation of Tropidodipsas leucomelas Werner. Copeia 1961 (4): 383-387.
      Henle K. and EHRL A. (1991). Zur Reptilienfauna Perus nebst Beschreibung eines neuen Anolis (Iguanidae) und zweier neuer Schlangen (Colubridae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 42 (2): 143 - 180.

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