Pliocercus

Pliocercus is a genus of snakes in the subfamily Dipsadinae.^[1]

Pliocercus
Cope's false coral snake
Variegated false coral snake
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Dipsadinae
Genus:	Pliocercus Cope, 1860

Geographic range

Species in the genus Pliocercus are found in Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.^[1]

Species and subspecies

The following species and subspecies are recognized as being valid.^[1]

• Pliocercus elapoides Cope, 1860 – variegated false coral snake
  • Pliocercus elapoides aequalis Salvin, 1861
  • Pliocercus elapoides diastema (Bocourt, 1886)
  • Pliocercus elapoides elapoides Cope, 1860
  • Pliocercus elapoides occidentalis H.M. Smith & Landy, 1965
• Pliocercus euryzonus Cope, 1862 – Cope's false coral snake
  • Pliocercus euryzonus burghardti H.M. Smith & Chiszar, 1996
  • Pliocercus euryzonus euryzonus Cope, 1862

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Pliocercus.