NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Swamp Liophis
Erythrolamprus frenatus (Werner, 1909)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Erythrolamprus frenatus (Werner, 1909)
- Name authority
- (Werner, 1909)
- Common name
- Swamp Liophis
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Erythrolamprus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
- infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
- familyColubridae
- subfamilyDipsadinae
- genusErythrolamprus
- speciesErythrolamprus frenatus (Werner, 1909)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Erythrolamprus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Günther’s Green LiophisErythrolamprus albertguentheri (Grazziotin, Zaher, Murphy, Scrocchi, Benavides, Zhang & Bonatto, 2012) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Almaden Ground SnakeErythrolamprus almadensis (Wagler, 1824) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Erythrolamprus andinus (Dixon, 1983) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Long Ground Snake [longiventris]Erythrolamprus breviceps (Cope, 1860) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Erythrolamprus carajasensis (Cunha, Nascimento & Ávila-Pires, 1985) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Drab Ground SnakeErythrolamprus festae (Peracca, 1897) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Erythrolamprus ingeri (Roze, 1958) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Julia's Ground SnakeErythrolamprus juliae (Cope, 1879) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Maryellen's Ground SnakeErythrolamprus maryellenae (Dixon, 1985) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Military Ground SnakeErythrolamprus miliaris (Linnaeus, 1758) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mimic False Coral SnakeErythrolamprus mimus (Cope, 1868) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Erythrolamprus mossoroensis (Hoge & Lima-Verde, 1973) | ColubridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rhadinaea frenata Werner, 1909 Werner, 1909 | synonym |
| Rhadinaea brazili Amaral, 1923 Amaral, 1923 | synonym |
| Liophis brazili Amaral, 1926 Amaral, 1926 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Erythrolamprus&species=frenatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3BDYD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.