Pliocercus Cope 1860

Pliocercus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.^[1]

Geographic range

Species in the genus Pliocercus are found in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.^[1]

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Pliocercus elapoides Cope, 1860 - variegated false coral snake
  • Pliocercus elapoides aequalis Salvin, 1861
  • Pliocercus elapoides diastema (Bocourt, 1886)
  • Pliocercus elapoides elapoides Cope, 1860
  • Pliocercus elapoides occidentalis H.M. Smith & Landy, 1965
• Pliocercus euryzonus Cope, 1862 - Cope's false coral snake
  • Pliocercus euryzonus burghardti H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 1996
  • Pliocercus euryzonus euryzonus Cope, 1862

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pliocercus.

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