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Care Sheets
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Species Descriptions
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Photographs
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Taxonomic Species Sheets for Lystrophis |
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South American Hognosed Group (Lystrophis sp) |
The genus Lystrophis is distributed from central Argentina to Southeastern Brazil through Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. This group of Lystrophis are generally known as tricolor hognosed snakes and have been sold in the United States and Europe since the 1970's.
They are collectively referred to as false coral snakes in their native region and tricolored hognosed snakes in Europe and the United States.
With the increase in interest in herpetoculture in the 1990's, tricolor hognosed snakes have also seen an interest in popularity and hobbyists and herp businesses are increasingly importing breeding these beautiful snakes .
However, with the recent work done by Doctors G. J. Scrocchi and F. B. Cruz at the Instituto de Herpetologica, Republica Argentina, it has become increasingly clear that many of the snakes sold as tricolor hognosed snakes may actually comprise three or four separate species.
Virtually all dealers and hobbyits interviewed to date list their tricolor hognosed snakes as Lystrophis semicinctus. In reviewing the key identification points of these snakes, the majority of snakes sold as L. semicinctus actually appear to be either Lystrophis pulcher or Lystrophis matogrossensis with the former being far more common than the latter.
I have provided data on each of these species for you to review and determine which species may be in your collection. In many cases photographs may not be available in which case you must rely on the description and taxonomic data provided.
Under the Care Sheet section you will information on the care and breeding of tricolor hognosed snakes. |
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Bi Color or False Coral Hognose (Lystrophis histricus) |
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Matogrossen Hognose (Lystrophis matogrossensis) |
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Tri color Hognose (Lystrophis semicinctus) |
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