Sympholis lippiens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

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

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Sympholis
Species: Sympholis lippiens

Name

Sympholis lippiens Cope, 1862: 524

• Syntypes (3): USNM 6092, 31345-46.
• Type locality: “Guadalaxara [=Guadalajara], Mexico”.

Synonyms

• Cheilorhina villarsii Jan, 1862: 48
• Sympholis lippiens rectilimbus Hensley, 1966: 51
  • Holotype: CNHM 63743, ♀.
  • Type locality: “in a garden at the edge of Alamos (E of Navojoa), Sonora, México”.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 524. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Sympholis lippiens. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 21 June 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Short-tail Snake