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Echiopsis

Wikipedia Abstract

Echiopsis is a genus of snake in the Elapidae family. It contains the following species: \n* Echiopsis curta Description The genus Echiopsis contains one species: the Bardick (Echiopsis curta). The Lake Cronin Snake, Paroplocephalus atriceps, was also placed in this genus before being moved to the latter. The Bardick has a solid body color- either tan, reddish brown, brown, or grey. The head is visually distinct from the body. These snakes are rather stout, have pointed tails, and have elliptical pupils. The size of these snakes on average is around 40 cm., although specimens measuring around 70cm. have been recorded.
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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0