A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis
Author
Pyron, R. Alexander
Author
Arteaga, Alejandro
Author
Echevarría, Lourdes Y.
Author
Torres-Carvajal, Omar
text
Zootaxa
2016
4171
2
293
320
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.4
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1175-5326
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1.
Synophis niceforomariae
Pyron, Arteaga, Echevarría
, & Torres-Carvajal, 2016
Range.
Andean highlands of north-central
Colombia
,
Antioquia department
, near
Medellín
, ~
1300–1700m
, possibly with populations south of
Medellín
, ~
900m
.
Description.
Adult size ~
410mm
SVL and ~
210mm
TL in males, smooth nuchal scales; no nuchal collar; intranasals in contact; 2 postoculars; 10–12 infralabials; 8 supralabials; 184–193 ventrals; 127–131 subcaudals; and 19-19-17 dorsal scale-rows with single, weak keel.
Notes.
Includes specimens referred to as
S. bicolor
and
S.
cf.
bicolor
by previous authors (Nicéforo -
María 1970
;
Pyron
et al.
2015
;
Torres-Carvajal
et al.
2015
).