Erythrolamprus janaleeae

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Dixon JR (2016). "Erythrolamprus janaleeae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T176836A50954098. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176836/50954098. Accessed on 11 June 2024.

| genus = Erythrolamprus

| species = janaleeae

| authority = (Dixon, 2000)

| synonyms = *Liophis janaleeae
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Erythrolamprus janaleeae
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Erythrolamprus janaleeae is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Peru.{{NRDB species|genus=Erythrolamprus|species=janaleeae|accessdate=25 August 2014}}

Etymology

The specific name, janaleeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Janalee Paige Caldwell.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Liophis janaleeae, p. 133).

Geographic range

E. janaleeae is found on the eastern slopes of the Peruvian Andes.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. janaleeae is forest, at altitudes of {{cvt|854|–|2,700|m|ft}}.

Description

E. janaleeae has smooth dorsal scales, each with one apical pit. The dorsal scales are in 17 rows at the neck and at midbody, but reduced to 15 rows on the posterior body.

Reproduction

E. janaleeae is oviparous.