Drab Ground Snake

About the Drab Ground Snake

Erythrolamprus festae, also known commonly as the drab ground snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America. The specific name, festae, is in honor of Italian zoologist Enrico Festa.

E. festae is found in Ecuador and Peru. The preferred natural habitat of E. festae is forest, at altitudes of 600–1,680 m (1,970–5,510 ft). E. festae is oviparous. Amaral A (1929). "Estudos sobre ophidios neotropicos XVIII. Lista remissiva dos ophidios da região neotropica". Memórias do Instituto Butantan (in Portuguese). 4: 126–271. (Liophis festae, new combination, p. 171)

Grazziotin FG; Zaher H; Murphy RW; Scrocchi G; Benavides MA; Zhang Y-P; Bonatto SL (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal". Cladistics. 28 (5): 437–459. Bibcode:2012Cladi..28..437G. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x. PMID 34836446. (Erythrolamprus festae, new combination)

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