| This
genus contains only one species. The species is distributed
over large parts of amazonian South America. It is a
fossorial species.
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Anilius
Oken, 1816
(Type
= Anguis scytale)
Elysia Hemprich, 1820 Nomen
nudum
(Type = Anguis scytale)
Helison Goldfuss, 1820
(Type = Anguis scytale)
Illisia Lapsus
Ilysia Lichtenstein, 1823
(Type = Anguis scytale)
Torquatrix Haworth, 1825
(Type = Anguis scytale)
Tortrix Oppel, 1811 Nomen
nudum
(Type = Anguis scytale) |
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Anilius
scytale (Linnaeus, 1758) scytale
(Linnaeus,
1758)
Anguis
annulata Laurenti, 1768
Anguis atra Laurenti, 1768
Anguis caerulea Laurenti,
1768
Anguis corallina Laurenti,
1768
Anguis fasciata Laurenti,
1768
Anguis ruber Latreille,
1801
Anguis scytale Linnaeus,
1758
Ilysia scytale (Linnaeus,
1758)
Torquatrix scytale (Linnaeus,
1758)
Tortrix annulata (Laurenti,
1768)
Tortrix coralinus (Laurenti,
1768)
Tortrix scytale (Linnaeus,
1758) |
phelsorum
Roze,
1958
Distribution:
Brazil
(scytale), Colombia
(scytale), Ecuador
(scytale), Peru
(scytale) and Venezuela
(both). |
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| Literature |
Barrio,
C.L., A. Chacón & A.D. de Pascual. 2002.
Geographic Distribution. Anilius scytale. Herpetol.
Rev., 33(1): 66-67. |
| McDiarmid,
R.W., J.A. Campbell & T.A. Touré. 1999. Snakes
Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
Volume 1. Herpetol. League, Washington, 511 pp. |
| Peters,
J.A. & B. Orejas-Miranda. 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical
Squamata. Part I. Snakes. Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 297:
1-347. |
| Rieppel,
O. 1981. The Hyobranchial Skeleton of Some Little Known
Lizards and Snakes. J. Herpetol., 15(4): 433-440. |
| Silva,
N.J. da, Jr., I.F. e Souza & G. Puorto. 2001. Geographic
Distribution. Anilius scytale. Herpetol. Rev.,
32(4): 277. |
| Underwood,
G. 2002. On the Rictal Structures of some Snakes. Herpetologica,
58(1): 1-17. |
| Valls-Moraes,
F. & R.N. Yuki. 1998. Anilius scytale. Diet.
Herpetol. Rev., 29(1): 43-44. |
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