Elapomorphus

Elapomorphus is a genus of venomous snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Brazil.^[1]

Elapomorphus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Elapomorphus Wiegmann in Fitzinger, 1843

Species

The genus Elapomorphus contains two species.^[1] -

• Elapomorphus quinquelineatus (Raddi, 1820) - Raddi's lizard-eating snake
• Elapomorphus wuchereri Günther, 1861 - Wucherer's lizard-eating snake

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Elapomorphus.

Etymology

The specific name, wuchereri, is in honor of Portuguese-born German-Brazilian herpetologist Otto Edward Henry Wucherer.^[2]