Species

Pliocercus elapoides

Pliocercus elapoides · described by COPE 1860

Pliocercus elapoides

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The facts

Scientific name
Pliocercus elapoides
First described
COPE 1860
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Scaled Reptiles (Squamata)
Group
Snakes (Serpentes)
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Pliocercus
Subspecies
  • Pliocercus elapoides aequalis SALVIN 1861
  • Pliocercus elapoides diastema (BOCOURT 1886)
  • Pliocercus elapoides elapoides COPE 1860
  • Pliocercus elapoides occidentalis SMITH & LANDY 1965

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

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