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red pipe snake, false coral snake (Anilius scytale)
| Subject: | red pipe snake, false coral snake (Anilius scytale)
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Description
Tortrix scytale
Date 1700-1880
Old Latin name Tortrix scytale
New Latin name Anilius scytale
Common name Nederlands: Onechte koraalslang
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tortrix_scytale_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ11400043.tif
Anilius scytale is a single species of the family Aniliidae. Common names include American pipe snake or red pipesnake or false coral snake. It is found in South America. This snake possesses a vestigial pelvic girdle that is visible as a pair of cloacal spurs. This species is found in Amazonian South America, the Guianas, and Trinidad and Tobago. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Serpentes, Infraorder: Alethinophidia, Superfamily: Anilioidea, Family: Aniliidae, Genus: Anilius, Species: Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758).
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Anilius scytale (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names: American Pipe Snake, False Coral Snake, Red Pipe Snake, Red Pipesanke, Coral Cylinder Snake |
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