Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus
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| image = Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park - ZooKeys-246-051-g007-B.jpeg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| genus = Erythrolamprus
| species = poecilogyrus
| authority = (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
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Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, Bolivia, Guyana, Paraguay, and Peru.{{NRDB species|genus=Erythrolamprus|species=poecilogyrus|accessdate=25 August 2014}}
Classification
Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus belongs to the genus Erythrolamprus, which contains over 50 species. The genus Erythrolamprus belongs to the subfamily Dipsadinae, which is sometimes referred to as the family Dipsadidae.
Recent phylogenetic analysis of morphological and molecular DNA evidence has shown that Erythrolamprus poecilogyrus is now likely paraphyletic.
The relationships of Erythrolamprus species located in northern South America can be shown in the cladogram below:{{cite journal |last1=Murphy |first1=John C. |last2=Braswell |first2=Alvin L. |last3=Charles |first3=Stevland P. |last4=Auguste |first4=Renoir J. |last5=Rivas |first5=Gilson A. |last6=Borzée |first6=Amaël |last7=Lehtinen |first7=Richard M. |last8=Jowers |first8=Michael J. |title=A new species of Erythrolamprus from the oceanic island of Tobago (Squamata, Dipsadidae) |journal=ZooKeys |date=15 Jan 2019 |issue=817 |pages=131-157 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.817.30811 |doi-access=free }}
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