Urotheca

Urotheca
Urotheca fulviceps
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Urotheca Bibron, 1843

Urotheca is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.[1]

Geographic range

Species in the genus Urotheca are found in Central America and northwestern South America.[1]

Species

Eight species are recognized as being valid.[1]

• Urotheca decipiens (Günther, 1893) – pale ground snake
• Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840)
• Urotheca fulviceps (Cope, 1886)
• Urotheca guentheri (Dunn, 1938) – striped glasstail
• Urotheca lateristriga (Berthold, 1859)
• Urotheca multilineata (W. Peters, 1863)
• Urotheca myersi Savage & Lahanas, 1989
• Urotheca pachyura (Cope, 1875)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Urotheca.

References

1. Genus Urotheca at The Reptile Database.

Further reading

• Bibron G (1843). In: Cocteau JT & Bibron G (1843). "Reptiles ". pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1843). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. [= Physical, Political and Natural History of the Island of Cuba. Second Part. Natural History. Volume 4. Reptiles and Fishes]. Paris: A. Bertrand. 255 pp. + Plates I-V. (Urotheca, new genus, p. 131). (in Spanish and Latin).