{{Short description|Genus of snakes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Urotheca fulviceps.jpg | image_caption = ''Urotheca fulviceps'' | taxon = Urotheca | authority = Bibron, 1843 | subdivision_ranks = Species }}
'''''Urotheca''''' is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to the New World.<ref name="RDB">{{EMBL genus|genus=Urotheca}}.</ref>
==Geographic range== Species in the genus ''Urotheca'' are found in Central America and northwestern South America.<ref name="RDB"/>
==Species== Eight species are recognized as being valid.<ref name="RDB"/> * ''Urotheca decipiens'' <small>(Günther, 1893)</small> – pale ground snake * ''Urotheca dumerilli'' <small>(Bibron, 1840)</small> * ''Urotheca fulviceps'' <small>(Cope, 1886)</small> * ''Urotheca guentheri'' <small>(Dunn, 1938)</small> – striped glasstail * ''Urotheca lateristriga'' <small>(Berthold, 1859)</small> * ''Urotheca multilineata'' <small>(W. Peters, 1863)</small> * ''Urotheca myersi'' <small>Savage & Lahanas, 1989</small> * ''Urotheca pachyura'' <small>(Cope, 1875)</small>
''Nota bene'': A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Urotheca''.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} *Bibron G (1843). '''''In'':''' Cocteau JT & Bibron G (1843). "''Reptiles'' ". pp. 1–143. '''''In'':''' de la Sagra R (1843). ''Historia Fisica, Politica y Natural de la Isla de Cuba. Segunda Parte. Historia Natural. Tomo IV. Reptiles y Peces''. [= Physical, Political and Natural History of the Island of Cuba. Second Part. Natural History. Volume 4. Reptiles and Fishes]. Paris: A. Bertrand. 255 pp. + Plates I-V. (''Urotheca'', new genus, p. 131). (in Spanish and Latin).
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Category:Urotheca Category:Snake genera Category:Taxa named by Gabriel Bibron
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