I took the attached photo along the Rio Tapiche in Loreto, Peru. Any thoughts on the ID? It was hiding in a brush pile at mid-day.
Snake ID, Peru
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Pseustes shropshirei?
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all are wild guesses just based on head color scheme and country given alone:
could be a Liophis species, several in the genus look similar, several species listed from Peru
Liophis/Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus
these seem less likely but have dark top/yellow bottom heads
Chironius carinatus
Chironius multiventris
Chironius exoletus
pseustes poecilonotus
could be a Liophis species, several in the genus look similar, several species listed from Peru
Liophis/Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus
these seem less likely but have dark top/yellow bottom heads
Chironius carinatus
Chironius multiventris
Chironius exoletus
pseustes poecilonotus
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Erythrolamprus reginae to me.
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Thanks for the responses! Liophis/Erythrolamprus reginae looks like a good match:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthew1perez/6071732952
Are there any good references for neotropical snake identification?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthew1perez/6071732952
Are there any good references for neotropical snake identification?
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I haven't found any remotely complete references for neotropical snake identification, but there are at least a couple of helpful books for Peru:
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
by R. D. Bartlett and Patricia Bartlett
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2003
This includes most of the common species and some rarer ones.
Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest
by William E. Duellman
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 2005
This is a complete guide to the herpetofauna of one particular spot in Peru.
john
Reptiles and Amphibians of the Amazon: An Ecotourist's Guide
by R. D. Bartlett and Patricia Bartlett
University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2003
This includes most of the common species and some rarer ones.
Cusco Amazónico: The Lives of Amphibians and Reptiles in an Amazonian Rainforest
by William E. Duellman
Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 2005
This is a complete guide to the herpetofauna of one particular spot in Peru.
john
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I wouldn't recommend the latter for ID purposes, but it is a fantastic read!
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Thanks for the reference suggestions. My university's library has both, and I'll take a look.
I photographed this superficially similar snake on a different trail a couple days later. Any thoughts?
(I'm in the process of calibrating my monitor for printing, so the brightness might look a bit off)
I photographed this superficially similar snake on a different trail a couple days later. Any thoughts?
(I'm in the process of calibrating my monitor for printing, so the brightness might look a bit off)
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It looks a fair amount like Drymoluber dichrous, but that species has 15 scale rows and your photo seems to show fewer.
Could be Chironius fuscus, which has 10 scale rows.
John
Could be Chironius fuscus, which has 10 scale rows.
John
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Re: Snake ID, Peru
#1, I agree is Erythrolamprus (Liophis) reginae
#2 is Chironius fuscus
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#2 is Chironius fuscus
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