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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 Scolecophis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Scolecophis

Central American Harlequin Snake

Zentralamerikanische Harlekinnatter

Centralamerikansk Harlekinsnog

1843 Scolecophis Fitzinger (type species: Calamaria atrocincta Schlegel 1837)
1863 Platycranion Jan (type species: Calamaria atrocincta Schlegel 1837)
Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: As for the single species.

Scolecophis atrocinctus

Central American Harlequin Snake, (Black-banded Snake)

Zentralamerikanische Harlekinnatter

Centralamerikansk Harlekinsnog

1837 Calamaria atrocincta Schlegel
Scolecophis atrocincta Fitzinger 1843
1855 Elaps zonatus Hallowell (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Distribution: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.