Coniophanes fissidens

Coniophanes fissidens

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

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Coniophanes
Species: Coniophanes fissidens

Name

Coniophanes fissidens (Günther, 1858)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.8.20, adult ♀, collected by A. Sallé between 1846–1856. [designated by Smith (1941: 104)]
• Type locality: “Mexico”, restricted to “San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico” by Smith & Taylor (1950: 350).

Combinations

• Coronella fissidens Günther, 1858: 36 [original combination]
• Coniophanes fissidens — Cope, 1860: 248 [subsequent combination]
• Tachymenis fissidens — Garman, 1884: 62 [subsequent combination]
• Erythrolamprus fissidens — Cope, 1887: 77 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Rhadinaea eduardoi Mata-Silva, Rocha, Ramírez-Bautista, Berriozabal-Islas & Wilson, 2019: 58 [synonymized by Palacios-Aguilar & García-Vázquez (2020: 151)]
  • Holotype: CIB-5457 (original field number VMS-2029), subadult ♂, collected by Eduardo Mata-Silva on 6 June 2018.
  • Type locality: “Mexico, Oaxaca, municipality of Santa Catarina Juquila, El Obispo, 1,320 m (UTM 681141.99, 1789988.05 [= 16.183573, -97.305614, datum WGS 84])”.

References

Primary references

• Günther, A. 1858. Catalogue of Colubrine Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History): London. xvi + 281 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page. 
• Mata-Silva, V., Rocha, A., Ramírez-Bautista, A., Berriozabal-Islas, C. & Wilson, L.D. 2019. A new species of forest snake of the genus Rhadinaea from Tropical Montane Rainforest in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico (Squamata, Dipsadidae). ZooKeys 813: 55–65. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.813.29617 Reference page. 
• Palacios-Aguilar, R. & García-Vázquez, U.O. 2020. A partial molecular phylogeny of Rhadinaea and related genera (Squamata, Dipsadidae) with comments on the generic assignment of Rhadinaea eduardoi. ZooKeys 943: 145–155. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.943.50738 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2023. Coniophanes fissidens. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 July 2020.
• Flores-Villela, O., Nicholson, K., Wilson, L.D. & Caicedo, J. 2019. IUCN: Coniophanes fissidens  (Least Concern) (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T197472A151731529. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T197472A151731529.en. Accessed on 01 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Yellowbelly Snake
español: Culebra de vientre amarillo

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