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Spilotes
Sign in to saveSpilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.
Species
Carpet Python
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyColubridae
Observations11,736
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Colubridae
- Collections
- MADUG-UG, UCM, UCMP, AMNH, ANSP, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Guyana, Brazil, Peru, Mexico?, Central America, Sans Origine, Venezuela
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Colubrinae
- Image
- Spilotespullatus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Spilotes
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- Chicken Snake
- Commons category
- Spilotes
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Geographic range
- Species
- References
- Further reading
Spilotes is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.
==Geographic range== Species in the genus Spilotes are found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.
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