Liophis reginae

Liophis reginae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Xenodontinae
Genus:	Liophis
Species:	L. reginae
Binomial name
Liophis reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)[1]
Synonyms
Coluber reginæ Linnaeus, 1758 Coronella reginae — Schlegel, 1837 Liophis reginae — A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854 Leimadophis reginae — J. Peters, 1960 Liophis reginae — Leynard & Bucher, 1999[2]

Liophis reginae, commonly known as the high woods coral, is a species of colubrid snake endemic to northern South America.

Geographic range

It is found in Venezuela, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago.

Diet

It feeds on frogs, frog eggs, tadpoles, fish, small birds and lizards.

Subspecies

The following subspecies can be distinguished:^[2][3][4]

• Liophis reginae macrosoma (Amaral, 1936)
• Liophis reginae reginae (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Liophis reginae semilineatus (Wagler, 1824)
• Liophis reginae zweifeli (Roze, 1959)

The subspecific name, zweifeli, is in honor of American herpetologist Richard G. Zweifel.^[5]

References

1. ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. Liophis reginae. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
4. No subspecies are currently recognized by ITIS. See: "Liophis reginae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
5. Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore. xiii + 312 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liophis reginae zweifeli, p. 294.)

Further reading

• Amaral, A. 1936. Colecta herpetologica no centro do Brasil. Mem. Inst. Butantan 9: 235-246. (Leimadophis reginae macrosoma, p. 238.)
• Boos, Hans E.A. (2001). The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago. Texas A&M University Press. College Station, Texas. xvi + 328 pp. ISBN 1-58544-116-3.
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, diferentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. L. Salvius. Stockholm. 824 pp. (Coluber reginæ, p. 219.)
• Roze, J.A. 1959. Taxonomic Notes on a Collection of Venezuelan Reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. American Museum Novitates (1934): 1-14. ("Leimadophis zweifeli, new species", pp. 4–7 + Figure 1, photograph of holotype, on p. 6.)
• Wagler, J., 1824. In Spix, J. 1824. Serpentum Brasiliensum species novae ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de sa Majesté le Roi de Baviére. F.S. Hübschmann. Munich. viii + 75 pp. + Plates I.- XXVI. (Natrix semilineata, p. 33-34 + Plate XI., Figure 2.)