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    Species Accepted

    Spilotes sulphureus (Wagler, 1824)

    Amazon Puffing Snake

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      25 results
      Amazon Puffing Snake English
      Caninana Portuguese
      Caninana-Amarela Portuguese
      Caninana-Dourada Portuguese
      Caninana-Vermelha Portuguese
      Caçadora Portuguese
      Chasseur soufré French
      Cobra-papa-ovo Portuguese
      Couleuvre soufrée French
      Couleuvre soufrée (La) French

      Treatments

      2 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      108 results
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      França, R. C., Morais, M., França, F. G., Rödder, D., & Solé, M. (2020). Snakes of the Pernambuco Endemism Center, Brazil: diversity, natural history and conservation. ZooKeys 1002: 115.
      Starace, & Fausto. (2013). Guide des Serpents et Amphisbènes de Guyane. Ibis Rouge Editions, Matoury, Guyane, ISBN 978-2-84450-407-4.
      Pérez-Santos, C., & Moreno, A. G. (1988). Ofidios de Colombia. Museo Reegionale Di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 Pp.
      Bentley AG, Reyes-Puig JP, Hidalgo AB, Altamirano JAH, Barragan-Paladines ME, Yánez-Muñoz MH, Almeida-Reinoso D, Guerra MA, Arboleda J, Culebras J, Fiallos Moreno DA, Sáenz J, Yoder PM, Best D, Vizcarra Vasconez RS, Peñafiel Flores MG, Franchini A, Carlson E, Segovia Larrea JI, et al. (2025). Snake (Serpentes, Reptilia) diversity in Mera, Ecuador: a citizen‑science approach to surveying a biodiversity hotspot of the western Amazon. Check List 21(5): 945-969.
      Brongersma, L. D. (1937). Herpetological Notes XIV - XVI. XV. The type of Dipsas dieperinkii Schlegel, 1837, and the genus Pseustes Fitzinger, 1843. Zoologische Mededelingen 20: 1-10.
      Whithworth, A., & Beirne, C. (2011). Reptiles of the Yachana Reserve. Global Vision International, 130 Pp.
      Dubeux, M. J. M., Araújo Neto, J. V. D., Triburcio, I. C. S., Lisboa, B. S., Torquato, S., Freitas, M. A. D., ... & Mott, T. (2022). A “hotspot” within a hotspot: the reptiles of the Estação Ecológica and Área de Proteção Ambiental de Murici, Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil. Biota Neotropica, 22: 1-14.
      LOPES, L. V., & PASSOS, P. (2023). Taxonomic status of the enigmatic Natrix sexcarinata Wagler, 1824 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Colubrinae). Zootaxa 5244 (2): 123-144.

      Citation

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