Urotheca

Urotheca is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.^[1]

Urotheca
Urotheca fulviceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Urotheca Bibron, 1843

Geographic range

Species in the genus Urotheca are found in Central America and northwestern South America.^[1]

Species

Eight species are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Urotheca decipiens (Günther, 1893) – pale ground snake
• Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840)
• Urotheca fulviceps (Cope, 1886)
• Urotheca guentheri (Dunn, 1938) – striped glasstail
• Urotheca lateristriga (Berthold, 1859)
• Urotheca multilineata (W. Peters, 1863)
• Urotheca myersi Savage & Lahanas, 1989
• Urotheca pachyura (Cope, 1875)

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