Spilotes Wagler, 1830

Luna, Igor Veronese de, Ugalde, Miguel Relvas, Guimarães, Mariana Rocha Santos, Hoffmann, Kauann, Citeli, Nathalie, Kiefer, Mara Cintia & Hamdan, Breno, 2025, Fig. 3 in Positive association between PTN polymorphisms and schizophrenia in Northeast Chinese Han population., Zoological Studies 64 (20), pp. 141-149 : 9

Spilotes Wagler, 1830

1. Dorsal scales generally 21 rows; adults with dorsum pattern reddish or orange with oblique black stripes ................................. .............................................. Spilotes sulphureus ( Figs. 17h , 18a )

- Dorsal scales in generally 14 or 16 rows (eventually 17); adults with a dorsum pattern yellow with oblique black stripes .............. ............................................................ Spilotes pullatus ( Fig. 17g )

Figures

Fig. 17. Representative Colubridae Snakes of Rio de Janeiro. a, Drymoluber dichrous juvenile from Campos dos Goytacazes/RJ; b, Drymoluber dichrous adult from Barra do Choça/BA; c, Leptophis marginatus from Cachoeiras de Macacú/RJ; d, Leptophis liocercus from Mangaratiba/RJ; e, Oxybelis aeneus from Niterói/RJ; f, Palusophis bifossatus from Três Rios/RJ; g, Spilotes pullatus from Guapimirim/RJ; h, Spilotes sulphureus dark pattern from Saquarema/RJ. BA = Bahia, PE = Pernambuco, RJ = Rio de Janeiro. Photos by Breno Hamdan (e, f, g); Carlos Henrique de Oliveira Nogueira (a); Guilherme Jones Souza (c); Igor Veronese de Luna (h); Marco Antônio de Freitas (b); Miguel Relvas Ugalde (d).

Fig. 18. Representative Colubridae Snakes of Rio de Janeiro. a, Spilotes sulphureus juvenile from Niterói/RJ; b, Tantilla cf. melanocephala from Armação de Búzios/RJ. RJ = Rio de Janeiro. Photos by: Igor Veronese de Luna (a); Carlos Henrique de Oliveira Nogueira (b).