Arcanumophis problematicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Arcanumophis problematicus (Myers, 1986)

Holotype: FMNH 64733, adult ♂, obtained by Hilda H. Heller between 22 November and 20 December 1950.
Type locality: “at 1520 m above sea level at San Juan, Tambopata [Rio], Sandia [Province of], Department of Puno, Peru. I assume that "San Juan" is the same as San Juan del Oro, a settlement situated about 30 km ENE of the town of Sandia, on the west bank of the Rio Tambopata-at 14°13'S, 69°10'W.”.

Liophis problematicus Myers, 1986: 2 [original combination]
Erythrolamprus problematicus — Grazziotin et al., 2012 [subsequent combination]
Arcanumophis problematicus — Smaga, Ttito & Catenazzi, 2019: 132 [subsequent combination]

Myers, C.W. 1986. An enigmatic new snake from the Peruvian Andes, with notes on the Xenodontini (Colubridae: Xenodontinae). American Museum Novitates 2853: 1–12. hdl: 2246/5200
Grazziotin, F.G., Zaher, H., Murphy, R.W., Scrocchi, G., Altamirano-Benevides, M.A., Zhang, Y.-P. & Bonatto, S.L. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the New World Dipsadidae (Serpentes: Colubroidea): a reappraisal. Cladistics 28(5): 437–459. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00393.x Reference page.
Smaga, C.R., Ttito, A. & Catenazzi, A. 2019. Arcanumophis, a new genus and generic allocation for Erythrolamprus problematicus (Myers 1986), Xenodontinae (Colubridae) from the Cordillera de Carabaya, southern Peru. Zootaxa 4671(1): 129–138. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.1.10 .ResearchGate . Reference page.

English: Problem Ground Snake