Phalotris shawnella

Phalotris shawnella is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. Formally described in 2022, it is named after Shawn Ariel Smith Fernández and Ella Bethany Atkinson, two children known to the authors describing the species. It has a brick-red head with a broad yellow dorsal collar where it meets the body. The body is brick-red dorsally and red-orange ventrally, with broad, black to brownish-black lines along the sides running the length of the body. It is endemic to Paraguay, where it is known from San Pedro department. It is known from cerradón forest, where it has been collected from sandy soil near a lake and in leaf litter.

Phalotris shawnella is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. Formally described in 2022, it is named after Shawn Ariel Smith Fernández and Ella Bethany Atkinson, two children known to the authors describing the species. It has a brick-red head with a broad yellow dorsal collar where it meets the body. The body is brick-red dorsally and red-orange ventrally, with broad, black to brownish-black lines along the sides running the length of the body. It is endemic to Paraguay, where it is known from San Pedro department. It is known from cerradón forest, where it has been collected from sandy soil near a lake and in leaf litter.