Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: March 2nd, 2024.
 
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Genus
Urotheca
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Glass-tailed Snakes, Glasstails, False Coral Snakes, Brittle Snakes
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Glasschwanznattern
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Glashalesnoge
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1843 |  |
Urotheca Bibron (type species: Calamaria dumerilii Bibron 1840) |
Contents:
8 species, of which 3 (37.5%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Seven species (decipiens, dumerilii, fulviceps, guentheri, lateristriga, multilineata, pachyura) were previously placed in
Rhadinaea.
Pliocercus was synonymized with Urotheca by Savage & Crother (1989), but revalidated as a separate genus by Myers & Cadle (1994), supported by Smith, Wallach & Chiszar (1995).
Distribution:
Central America, NW. South America.
Reported from:
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Peru,
Venezuela.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Urotheca.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Urotheca decipiens
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Collared Glass-tailed Snake, Long-tailed Litter Snake, Pale Ground Snake
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Halsband-Glasschwanznatter
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Halsbånd-glashalesnog
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1893 | |
Ablabes decipiens Günther |
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Tachymenis decipiens Günther 1895 |
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Rhadinaea pachyura decipiens Dunn 1938 |
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Rhadinaea decipiens Taylor 1954 |
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Urotheca decipiens Savage & Crother 1989 |
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1924 | |
Rhadinaea albiceps Amaral (Myers 1974) |
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Liophis albiceps Amaral 1929 |
Distribution:
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Urotheca dumerilii
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Colombian Glass-tailed Snake
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Kolumbianische Glasschwanznatter
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Colombiansk Glashalesnog
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Calamaria dumerilii Bibron |
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Urotheca dumerilii Garman 1887 |
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Rhadinaea dumerilii Myers 1974 |
Distribution:
Colombia.
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Urotheca fulviceps
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Tawny-headed Glass-tailed Snake
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Gelbköpfige Glasschwanznatter
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Gulhovedet Glashalesnog
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1886 | |
Rhadinaea fulviceps Cope |
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Liophis fulviceps Dunn 1931 |
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Rhadinaea pachyura fulviceps Dunn 1944 |
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Urotheca fulviceps Savage & Crother 1989 |
Distribution:
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
Panama,
Venezuela.
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Urotheca guentheri
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Orange-bellied Glass-tailed Snake, Striped Glass-tailed Snake, Orange-bellied Litter Snake
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Orangebauch-Glasschwanznatter
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Orangebuget Glashalesnog
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1895 | |
Tachymenis decipiens Günther [not Ablabes decipiens Günther 1893] |
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Erythrolamprus decipiens Boulenger 1896 |
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Coniophanes decipiens Amaral 1929 |
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1938 | |
Rhadinaea güntheri Dunn [substitute name for Tachymenis decipiens Günther 1895] |
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Urotheca guentheri Savage & Crother 1989 |
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Rhadinaea persimilis Dunn [not Liophis persimilis Cope 1869] (Myers 1974) |
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Urotheca lateristriga
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Ribboned Glass-tailed Snake, Ribboned Brittle Snake
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Gebänderte Glasschwanznatter
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Båndet Glashalesnog
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1859 | |
Liophis lateristriga Berthold |
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Urotheca lateristriga Boulenger 1894 |
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Rhadinaea lateristriga Dunn 1944 |
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1863 | |
Dromicus frenatus Peters (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1867 | |
Dromicus nuntius Jan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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Urotheca coronata Steindachner (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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Erythrolamprus labialis Werner (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
Remarks:
Although reported from Panama (e.g., Pérez-Santos, Moreno & Gearhart 1993), the species has not been confirmed from the country (Solís, Ibáñez & Jaramillo 1996).
Distribution:
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Peru.
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Urotheca lateristriga
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Urotheca multilineata
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Many-striped Glass-tailed Snake
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Vielstreifige Glasschwanznatter
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Mangestribet Glashalesnog
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Dromicus multilineatus Peters |
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Rhadinaea lateristriga multilineata Dunn 1944 |
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Urotheca multilineata Savage & Crother 1989 |
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Rhadinaea multilineata Lancini & Kornacker 1989 |
Distribution:
Venezuela.
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Urotheca myersi
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Costa Rican Glass-tailed Snake
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Costaricanische Glasschwanznatter
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Costaricansk Glashalesnog
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Urotheca myersi Savage & Lahanas |
Distribution:
Costa Rica.
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Urotheca pachyura
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Thick-tailed Glass-tailed Snake
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Dickschwänzige Glasschwanznatter
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Tykhalet Glashalesnog
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Contia pachyura Cope |
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Liophis pachyura Dunn 1931 |
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Rhadinaea pachyura Dunn 1938 |
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Urotheca pachyura Savage & Crother 1989 |
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Rhadinaea decipiens rubricollis Taylor (Myers 1974) |
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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