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Black-backed Snake

Erythrolamprus melanotus (Shaw, 1802)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBlack-backed Snake
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese—
Sranan Tongosneki (general name for the group)
Scientific nameErythrolamprus melanotus (Shaw, 1802)

About this species

Shaw's dark ground snake (Erythrolamprus melanotus), also known commonly as Shaw's black-backed snake, and in Spanish as candelilla, guarda caminos, and reinita cazadora, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to northern South America.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassSquamata
FamilyColubridae
GenusErythrolamprus

In Suriname

3Records in Suriname

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