Oxyrhopus fitzingeri

Oxyrhopus fitzingeri, also known commonly as Fitzinger's false coral snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Oxyrhopus
Species:	O. fitzingeri
Binomial name
Oxyrhopus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
Siphlophis fitzingeri Tschudi, 1845 Oxyrhopus fitzingeri — Jan, 1863 Clelia fitzingeri — Dunn, 1923 Pseudoboa fitzingeri — Amaral, 1925 Oxyrhopus fitzingeri — Schmidt & Walker, 1943

Etymology

The specific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger.^[3]

The subspecific name, frizzelli, is honor of the collectors of the holotype, Don L. Frizzell & Harriet E. Frizzell.^[2]

Geographic range

O. fitzingeri is found in Ecuador and Peru.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of O. fitzingeri are forest, savanna, and desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1,829 m (6,001 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

O. fitzingeri is oviparous.^[2]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

• Oxyrhopus fitzingeri fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)
• Oxyrhopus fitzingeri frizzelli Schmidt & Walker, 1943

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Oxyrhopus.