Amphibians and reptiles of Wildsumaco Wildlife Sanctuary, Napo Province, Ecuador
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Camper, Jeffrey D.
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Torres-Carvajal, Omar
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Ron, Santiago R.
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Nilsson, Jonas
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Arteaga, Alejandro
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Knowles, Travis W.
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Arbogast, Brian S.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/17.3.729
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10.15560/17.3.729
1809-127X
Imantodes lentiferus
(Cope, 1894)
Figure 4D
Material examined.
ECUADOR
• 1
650 mm
SVL adult female;
Napo Province
,
WWS
, alive on road next to WBS;
00.6715°S
,
077.5986°W
;
1530 m
a.s.l.
;
11 July 2018
;
QCAZ 17126
.
Identification.
These very thin snakes have an oval head, very thin neck, and a laterally compressed body. The smooth dorsal scales are in 15-15-15 rows, and the vertebral row is enlarged. The dorsal color pattern con- sists of 31–52 reddish to brown spots, and the venter is pinkish tan with black spots. There may be a V- or Yshaped pattern of black spots on the back of the head,
and the iris is yellowish tan. This species has 8 supral- abials, 10 or 11 infralabials, 1 preocular, and 2 postocu- lars. Ventrals range from 212–236 and subcaudal scales from 127–153.
Habitat.
This species has been observed in primary and secondary forest at
WWS
. On the night of
17 December 2008
, one gravid female was seen in vegetation about
1.3 m
above ground in primary forest on the F.A.C.E. Trial.
QCAZ
17126 was found on the road near the edge of sec- ondary forest.