Phimophis guianensis, also known commonly as Troschel's pampas snake, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.
Geographic range
Phimophis guianensis has been reported from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of P. guianensis are shrubland and savanna, at altitudes from sea level to .
Description
Phimophis guianensis may attain a total length of , which includes a tail long.
Reproduction
Phimophis guianensis is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- Corrales-GarcÃÂa A, Gómez-Sánchez DA, GarcÃÂa-Cobos D, Bravo C (2024). "Nuevos registros colombianos y modelamiento de nicho ecológico de Phimophis guianensis (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Caldasia 46 (2): 326âÂÂ338.
- Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. I. Calamarinæ". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 74âÂÂ79. (Phimophis, new genus, p. 79).
- (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. . (Genus Phimophis, p. 107).
- Griffin LE (1916). "A Catalog of the Ophidia from South America at Present (June, 1916) Contained in the Carnegie Museum with Descriptions of some New Species". Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 7 (3): 163âÂÂ228 + Plate XXVIII. (Rhinostoma guianense, p. 214).