red pipe snake, false coral snake (Anilius scytale) Description
Ilysia scytale
Date 1700-1880
Old Latin name Ilysia scytale
New Latin name Anilius scytale
Common name Nederlands: Onechte koraalslang
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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).
Synonyms:
[Anguis] Scytale Linnaeus, 1758
Anguis annulata Laurenti, 1768
Anguis fasciata Laurenti, 1768
Anguis caerulae Laurenti, 1768
Anguis corallina Laurenti, 1768
Anguis atra Laurenti, 1768
[Anguis] ater — Gmelin, 1788
Anguis Corallinus — Schneider, 1801
Anguis fasciatus — Schneider, 1801
Anguis ruber Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801
Tortr[ix]. scytale — Oppel, 1811
Tortr[ix]. coralinus [sic] Oppel, 1811 (ex errore)
Anilius scytale — Oken, 1816
[Tortrix] annulata — Merrem, 1820
Anguis (Elysia) Scytale — Hemprich, 1820
Ilysia scytale — Lichtenstein, 1823
Torquatrix scytale — Gray, 1825
Tortrix scytale — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1844
Ilysia scytale — Boulenger, 1893
A[nilius]. scytale [scylate] [sic] Roze, 1958 (ex errore)
Anilius scytale scytale — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970
