Oxyrhopus occipitalis
Species of snake
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Oxyrhopus occipitalis is a neotropical snake of the family Dipsadidae.[2] It occurs in Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and Venezuela.[3] It is often confused with Oxyrhopus formosus, a Brazilian species. Oxyrhopus occipitalis is more slender, the snout is yellow and the top of the head is brown, adults are red with very faint darker bands; O. formosus is more robust, the head is entirely yellow, and adults have obvious transverse dark bands
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Oxyrhopus |
| Species: | O. occipitalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxyrhopus occipitalis (Wied-Neuwied in Spix, 1824) | |
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