NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Dotted Brown Snake
Sordellina punctata (Peters, 1880)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The dotted brown snake (Sordellina punctata) is a genus of the Colubridae family of snakes. It is monotypic in the genus Sordellina. It is endemic to Brazil. The snake is not considered to be venomous and is currently regarded as a species of least concern.
Wikipedia contributors, Dotted brown snake; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:14:07.027824+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sordellina punctata (Peters, 1880)
- Name authority
- (Peters, 1880)
- Common name
- Dotted Brown Snake
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Colubridae
- Genus
- Sordellina
- 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
- genusSordellina
- speciesSordellina punctata (Peters, 1880)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sordellina pauloensis Amaral, 1923 Amaral, 1923 | synonym |
| Xenodon punctatus Peters, 1880 Peters, 1880 | synonym |
| Liophis rehi Werner, 1909 Werner, 1909 | synonym |
| Sordellina brandon-jonesii Procter, 1923 Procter, 1923 | synonym |
| Sordellina pauloensis 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=Sordellina&species=punctata 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:4YBXS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.