Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: December 29th, 2023.
 
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Genus
Spilotes
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Chicken Snakes
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Hühnerfressern
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Hønsesnoge
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1830 |  |
Spilotes Wagler (type species: Cerastes coronatus Laurenti 1788) |
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1843 | |
Pseustes Fitzinger (type species: Dipsas dieperinkii Schlegel 1837; syn. Jadin, Burbrink, Rivas, Vitt, Barrio-Amoros & Guralnick 2014) |
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1843 | |
Thamnobius Fitzinger (type species: Coluber poecilostoma Wied 1824; syn. Jadin, Burbrink, Rivas, Vitt, Barrio-Amoros & Guralnick 2014) |
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1863 | |
Agriotes Jan (type species: Herpetodryas incertus Jan 1863; syn. Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1922 | |
Paraphrynonax Lutz & Mello (type species: Paraphrynonax versicolor Lutz & Mello 1922; syn. Jadin, Burbrink, Rivas, Vitt, Barrio-Amoros & Guralnick 2014) |
Contents:
1 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
Argentina,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo
[incl.
Sao Sebastiao],
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia
(incl.
Gorgona Island),
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
French Guiana,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Hidalgo,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Queretaro,
Quintana Roo,
San Luis Potosi,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Margarita).
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Spilotes megalolepis
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Ecuadorian Chicken Snake, Tropical Chicken Snake
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Ecuadorianische Hühnerfreßer
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Ecuadoriansk Hønsesnog
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1865 | |
Spilotes megalolepis Günther |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of pullatus (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970).
Regarded herein as a separate species, following Orcés & Almendáriz (1989) and others
(e.g., Almendáriz 1992; Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014; Cruz-García, Cisneros-Heredia, Sánchez-Nivicela & Amador 2020).
Distribution:
Ecuador.
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Spilotes pullatus
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Common Chicken Snake, Tiger Tree Snake, Tropical Tree Snake, Thunder and Lightning Snake, (Tiger Rat Snake, Yellow Rat Snake, Black-and-Yellow Rat Snake)
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Gewöhnliche Hühnerfreßer
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Almindelig Hønsesnog
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1758 | |
Coluber pullatus Linnaeus |
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Spilotes pullatus Wagler 1830 |
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1768 | |
Cerastes mexicanus Laurenti |
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Spilotes pullatus mexicanus Amaral 1929 |
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1788 | |
Cerastes coronatus Laurenti (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1788 | |
Coluber novae Hispaniae Gmelin [unavailable name] (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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Coluber novae-hispaniae Boulenger 1894 [first binomial use] |
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1790 | |
Coluber variabilis Merrem (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1803 | |
Coluber plutonius Daudin (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1820 | |
Coluber Caninana Merrem (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1825 | |
Coluber variabilis Kuhlii Wied (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1861 | |
Spilotes pullatus auribundus Cope (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1862 | |
Spilotes Salvini Günther (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1863 | |
Herpetodryas incertus Jan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1888 | |
Spilotes pullatus anomalepis Bocourt |
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1903 | |
Spilotes microlepis Werner (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1920 | |
Spilotes pullatus ater Sternfeld (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1929 | |
Spilotes pullatus argusiformis Amaral |
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1929 | |
Spilotes pullatus maculatus Amaral |
Other common names:
mexicanus: Mexican Chicken Snake, Tiger Rat Snake
pullatus: Tropical Chicken Snake
Remarks:
Previously included megalolepis.
Distribution:
Argentina,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Distrito Federal,
Espirito Santo,
Goias,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Paraiba,
Parana,
Pernambuco,
Piaui,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Norte,
Rio Grande do Sul,
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Santa Catarina,
Sao Paulo
[incl.
Sao Sebastiao],
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
French Guiana,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Hidalgo,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Queretaro,
Quintana Roo,
San Luis Potosi,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela
(incl.
Isla Margarita).
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Spilotes sulphureus
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Yellow-bellied Puffing Snake, Amazon Puffing Snake, Yellow-throated Puffing Snake, Black-tailed Golden Snake, Giant Bird Snake
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Gelbbauch-Vogelnatter
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Gulbuget Fuglesnog
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1824 | |
Natrix sulphurea Wagler |
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Phrynonax sulphureus Amaral 1929 |
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Pseustes sulphureus Brongersma 1937 |
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Spilotes sulphureus Jadin, Burbrink, Rivas, Vitt, Barrio-Amoros & Guralnick 2014 |
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1824 | |
Coluber poecilostoma Wied |
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Phrynonax sulphureus poecilostoma Amaral 1929 |
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Pseustes sulphureus poecilostoma Brongersma 1937 |
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1837 | |
Dipsas dieperinkii Schlegel |
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1903 | |
Phrynonax faucherei Mocquard (Hoge & Romano 1970) |
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1922 | |
Paraphrynonax versicolor Lutz & Mello (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
Remarks:
Records from Goias (e.g., Andrade, Santos-Almeida & Reis-Dias 2017) refer to a locality in Tocantins (Costa & Bérnils 2018).
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Alagoas,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Bahia,
Ceara,
Espirito Santo,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Minas Gerais,
Para,
Paraiba,
Rio de Janeiro,
Rondonia,
Sergipe,
Tocantins),
Colombia
(incl.
Gorgona Island),
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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