Taxonavigation

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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: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Conopsis
Species: Conopsis acuta

Name

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Conopsis acuta (Cope, 1886)

  • Holotype: USNM 30552, collected by A.-L.-J.-F. Sumichrast between 1855–1869.
  • Type locality: “Tuchitan, on the Pacific side of the isthmus of Tehuantepec” in error, corrected to “2 millas E Ixtlán de Juárez”, Oaxaca, Mexico, by Goyenechea & Flores-Villela (2006: 6).

Combinations

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  • Ogmius acutus Cope in Ferrari-Pérez, 1886: 189 [original combination]
  • Toluca lineata acutaCope, 1886: 346 [subsequent combination]
  • Chionactis diasii acutusCope, 1900: 943 [subsequent combination]
  • Conopsis lineata acutaGoyenechea & Flores-Villela, 2002 [subsequent combination]
  • Conopsis acutaGoyenechea & Flores-Villela, 2006: 6 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

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  • Toluca lineata wetmorei Smith, 1943: 489 [synonymised by Goyenechea & Flores-Villela (2006: 6)]
    • Holotype: USNM 110727, ♂, collected by H.M. Smith and R.B. Smith (Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship) between September 1938–August 1940.
    • Type locality: “Pan de Olla, Veracruz”, Mexico.

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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English: Cope's Earth Snake