| Urotheca | |
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| Urotheca fulviceps | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Urotheca Bibron, 1843 |
Urotheca is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.1
Geographic range
Species in the genus Urotheca are found in Central America and northwestern South America.1
Species
Eight species are recognized as being valid.1
- Urotheca decipiens (Günther, 1893) – pale ground snake
- Urotheca dumerilli (Bibron, 1840)
- Urotheca fulviceps (Cope, 1886)
- Urotheca guentheri (Dunn, 1938) – striped glasstail
- Urotheca lateristriga (Berthold, 1859)
- Urotheca multilineata (W. Peters, 1863)
- Urotheca myersi Savage & Lahanas, 1989
- Urotheca pachyura (Cope, 1875)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Urotheca.
Further reading
Further reading
- Bibron G (1843). In: Cocteau JT & Bibron G (1843). "Reptiles ". pp. 1–143. In: de la Sagra R (1843). Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces. [= Physical, Political and Natural History of the Island of Cuba. Second Part. Natural History. Volume 4. Reptiles and Fishes]. Paris: A. Bertrand. 255 pp. + Plates I-V. (Urotheca, new genus, p. 131). (in Spanish and Latin).