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Ringtails
Erpetogomphus
Erpetogomphus is a genus of dragonfly in the family Gomphidae. They are commonly known as ringtails. Most of the species are predominantly green coloured and the males have a moderately clubbed tail.
The genus contains the following species:
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 24 known species

Eastern Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus designatus

White-belted Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus compositus

Serpent Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus lampropeltis

Blue-faced Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus eutainia

Yellow-legged Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus crotalinus

Straight-tipped Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus elaps

Dashed Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus heterodon

One-striped Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus bothrops

Knob-tipped Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus constrictor

Dark-shouldered Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus liopeltis

Tuxtla Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus ophibolus

Black-tailed Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus molossus

Colombian Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus sabaleticus

Plateau Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus sipedon

Viper Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus viperinus

Lime Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus elaphe

Schaus's Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus schausi

Boa Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus boa

Tristan's Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus tristani

Horn-tipped Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus leptophis
Eric's Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus erici
Dark Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus agkistrodon
Plain Ringtail
speciesErpetogomphus cophias
Erpetogomphus oxybelis
speciesErpetogomphus oxybelis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88242.