Oxyrhopus fitzingeri

Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oxyrhopus
Species:	O. fitzingeri
Binomial name
Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
Siphlophis fitzingeri Tschudi, 1845 Oxyrhopus fitzingeri — Jan, 1863 Clelia fitzingeri — Dunn, 1923 Pseudoboa fitzingeri — Amaral, 1925 Oxyrhopus fitzingeri — Schmidt & Walker, 1943

Oxyrhopus fitzingeri, also known commonly as Fitzinger's false coral snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger.[3]

The subspecific name, frizzelli, is honor of the collectors of the holotype, Don L. Frizzell & Harriet E. Frizzell.[2]

Geographic range

O. fitzingeri is found in Ecuador and Peru.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of O. fitzingeri are forest, savanna, and desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1,829 m (6,001 ft).[1]

Reproduction

O. fitzingeri is oviparous.[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

• Oxyrhopus fitzingeri fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)
• Oxyrhopus fitzingeri frizzelli Schmidt & Walker, 1943

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Oxyrhopus.

References

1. Perez, J.; Quiroz Rodriguez, A. (2016). "Oxyrhopus fitzingeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15179459A15179467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T15179459A15179467.en. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
2. Species Oxyrhopus fitzingeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Oxyrhopus fitzingeri, p. 91).

Further reading

• Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Oxyrhopus fitzingeri, p. 105).
• Jan G (1863). Elenco sistematico degli ofidi descritti e disegnati per l'iconografia generale. Milan: A. Lombardi. vii + 143 pp. (Oxyrhopus fitzingeri, new combination, p. 93). (in Italian).
• Schmidt KP, Walker WF Jr (1943). "Snakes of the Peruvian Coastal Region". Zoological Series of Field Museum of Natural History 24 (27): 297–324. (Oxyrhopus fitzingeri frizzelli, new subspecies, pp. 313–315).
• Tschudi JJ (1845). "Reptilium conspectus quae in Republica Peruana reperiuntur et pleraque observata vel collecta sunt in itinere". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 (1): 150–170. (Siphlophis fitzingeri, new species, p. 150). (in Latin).