Oxyrhopus fitzingeri
# Oxyrhopus fitzingeri

Oxyrhopus fitzingeri, also known commonly as Fitzinger's false coral snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America. There are two recognized subspecies.

## Etymology

The specific name, fitzingeri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Leopold Fitzinger.

The subspecific name, frizzelli, is honor of the collectors of the holotype, Don L. Frizzell & Harriet E. Frizzell.

## Geographic range

O. fitzingeri is found in Ecuador and Peru.

## Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of O. fitzingeri are forest, savanna, and desert, at altitudes from sea level to 1,829 m (6,001 ft).

## Reproduction

O. fitzingeri is oviparous.

## Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

* Oxyrhopus fitzingeri fitzingeri (Tschudi, 1845)
* Oxyrhopus fitzingeri frizzelli Schmidt & Walker, 1943

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

