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Oxyrhopus occipitalis (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)

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.

Oxyrhopus occipitalis

Oxyrhopus occipitalis

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Open encyclopedia reference

Oxyrhopus occipitalis is a neotropical snake of the family Dipsadidae. It occurs in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela. It is often confused with Oxyrhopus formosus, a Brazilian species. Oxyrhopus occipitalis is more slender, the snout is yellow and the top of the head is brown, adults are red with very faint darker bands; O. formosus is more robust, the head is entirely yellow, and adults have obvious transverse dark bands

Wikipedia contributors, Oxyrhopus occipitalis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T14:40:44.565809+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Oxyrhopus occipitalis (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
Name authority
(Wied-Neuwied, 1824)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Colubridae
Genus
Oxyrhopus
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758
  11. infraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923
  12. familyColubridae
  13. subfamilyDipsadinae
  14. genusOxyrhopus
  15. speciesOxyrhopus occipitalis (Wied-Neuwied, 1824)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Oxyrhopus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Duméril's False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus clathratus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Fitzinger's False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Beautiful calico snakeOxyrhopus formosus (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Werner's False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus leucomelas (Werner, 1916)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Amazon False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus rhombifer Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Oxyrhopus erdisii (Barbour, 1913)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Bibron's False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus doliatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Oxyrhopus guibei Hoge & Romano, 1977ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Boulenger's False Coral SnakeOxyrhopus marcapatae (Boulenger, 1902)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Forest Flame SnakeOxyrhopus petolarius (Linnaeus, 1758)ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Oxyrhopus vanidicus Lynch, 2009ColubridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Natrix occipitalis Wied-Neuwied ex Spix, 1824 Wied-Neuwied ex Spix, 1824ambiguous synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

S Panama (Darien), Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Brazil (Pará, Acre etc.), Peru (see comment)

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.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Oxyrhopus&species=occipitalis 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.

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:4BJYW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.