Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Elapomorphus Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Elapomorphus Brazilian Lizard Eaters, Lizard-eating Snakes, (Brazilian Burrowing Snakes) Brasilianische Echsennattern Brasilianske Øglesnoge 1843 Elapomorphus Wiegmann (type species: Calamaria blumii Schlegel 1837) 1858 Elapocephalus Günther in Gray (type species: Elapocephalus taeniatus Günther 1858) Contents: 2 species, both of which are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously included species now assigned to Coronelaps and Phalotris. Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo). Elapomorphus quinquelineatus Five-lined Lizard Eater, (Five-lined Burrowing Snake, Raddi's Lizard-eating Snake) Fünfstreifige Echsennatter Femstribet Øglesnog 1820 Coluber 5-Lineatus Raddi Duberria quinquelineata Fitzinger 1826 Elapomorphus quinquelineatus Hoge 1959 1837 Calamaria blumii Schlegel (Golay & al. 1993) Elapomorphus blumii Wiegmann in Fitzinger 1843 1849 Abastor arythrogrammus Gray [in part] (Golay & al. 1993) 1858 Elapocephalus taeniatus Günther (Golay & al. 1993) Remarks: Records from Rio Grande do Sul are erroneous (Costa & Bérnils 2018). Presence in Guyana is questionable. There is a single voucher specimen in USNM, originally from NMNH, Paris, labelled 'Guiana' (Reynolds, MacCulloch, Tamessar, Watson, Cole & Townsend 2008; Cole, Townsend, Reynolds, MacCulloch & Lathrop 2013), but no other records support the presence of the species in neither Guyana, nor French Guiana or Surinam. It is herein considered restricted to southeastern Brazil, due to the lack of evidence of its presence anywhere in the Guianan region. Distribution: Brazil (Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo). Elapomorphus wuchereri Bahia Lizard Eater Bahia-Echsennatter Bahia-øglesnog 1861 Elapomorphus wuchereri Günther Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Coronelaps lepidus (e.g., Golay & al. 1993). Distribution: Brazil (Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais).