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<emphasis id="01A8CC640010606D29F2FA4105A0FA73" bold="true" box="[151,408,1481,1507]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="339">Rhadinella xerophila</emphasis>
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,
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.
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Adult male,
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R-7003, collected on
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<date id="476236B60010606D2BB0F9BC07AAF9DD" box="[725,914,1588,1613]" pageId="1" pageNumber="339" value="2016-10-29">29 October 2016</date>
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by D. Ariano-Sánchez in the northern limit of
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Natural Reserve (
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) at El Arenal (
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,
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;
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above sea level, asl hereafter),
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. The individual was found active crawling on sandy soil in a dry gully at approximately 19:30 h.
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640010606D29A2F94C0579F94D" bold="true" box="[199,321,1732,1757]" pageId="1" pageNumber="339">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Small, slender and gracile snake of genus
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640010606D2A4BF94C0791F94D" box="[814,937,1732,1757]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="339">Rhadinella</emphasis>
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, which can be distinguished from the other congeners by the following unique combination of characters: head only slightly distinct from neck; inverted dark U-shaped marking on rostral; anterior supralabials with dark edges and pale centers; conspicuous orange collar on neck divided at mid-dorsum, extending 3.5 scale lengths at mid-dorsum and three scale lengths on side of head, posterior to ultimate supralabial; no subpreocular scale; no broad diastema; temporals 1 + 2; dorsal scale rows 17, smooth, unreduced throughout body; ventrals 158; cloacal scute divided; tail complete, subcaudals 116, divided; dorsal coloration dark gray to blackish, almost totally obfuscating longitudinal striping, ground color not extending to lateral edges of ventrals.
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E29F2FAD9052AFAF6" bold="true" box="[151,274,1361,1383]" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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General view in life of the holotype of
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2BFAFAD9074CFAF7" box="[671,884,1361,1383]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">Rhadinella xerophila</emphasis>
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(UVG R-7003), SVL 214 mm (A) and landscape view of the dry forest habitat at
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E28C6FAE7062CFA15" authorityName="Wiegmann" authorityYear="1829" box="[419,532,1391,1413]" class="Reptilia" family="Helodermatidae" genus="Heloderma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="342" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Heloderma</taxonomicName>
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Natural Reserve, Motagua Valley (B). Photo “A” by A. Novales.
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E29A2FA3A058CFA5B" authorityName="Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell" authorityYear="2018" box="[199,436,1458,1483]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xerophila">
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E29A2FA3A058CFA5B" box="[199,436,1458,1483]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">Rhadinella xerophila</emphasis>
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differs from
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2B2CFA3B06F5FA5B" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1865" box="[585,717,1458,1483]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinaea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="godmani">R. godmani</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2BBCFA3B0031FA5B" authority="(Stuart 1949)" authorityName="Stuart" authorityYear="1949" baseAuthorityName="Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="1949" box="[729,1033,1458,1483]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hannsteini">
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2BBCFA3B0755FA5B" box="[729,877,1458,1483]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. hannsteini</emphasis>
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(Stuart 1949)
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2D72FA3B00E8FA5B" box="[1047,1232,1458,1483]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2D72FA3B00F4FA5B" baseAuthorityName="Stuart & Bailey" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[1047,1228,1458,1483]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hempsteadae">R. hempsteadae</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2DB2FA3B05CBFA7F" authority="(Mendelson & Kizrian 1995)" authorityName="Mendelson & Kizrian" authorityYear="1995" baseAuthorityName="Mendelson & Kizrian" baseAuthorityYear="1995" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kanalchutchan">
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2DB2FA3B01A4FA5B" box="[1239,1436,1458,1483]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. kanalchutchan</emphasis>
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(Mendelson & Kizrian 1995)
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</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2B6CFA5F06AAFA7F" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1898" box="[521,658,1494,1519]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kinkelini">R. kinkelini</taxonomicName>
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,
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</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2BC0FA5F07C9FA7F" authority="(Cope 1970)" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1970" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1970" box="[677,1009,1494,1519]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lachrymans">
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2BC0FA5F0777FA7F" box="[677,847,1494,1519]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. lachrymans</emphasis>
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(Cope 1970)
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,
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<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2D63FA5F0156FA7F" authority="(Mertens 1952)" authorityName="Mertens" authorityYear="1952" baseAuthorityName="Mertens" baseAuthorityYear="1952" box="[1030,1390,1494,1519]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montecristi">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2D63FA5F0093FA7E" box="[1030,1195,1495,1518]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. montecristi</emphasis>
|
||
(Mertens 1952)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2CE1FA5F05DAF983" authority="(McCranie 2006)" authorityName="McCranie" authorityYear="2006" baseAuthorityName="McCranie" baseAuthorityYear="2006" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pegosalyta">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2CE1FA5F0528F983" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. pegosalyta</emphasis>
|
||
(McCranie 2006)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2891FA7307CAF983" authority="(Kohler & McCranie 1999)" authorityName="Kohler & McCranie" authorityYear="1999" baseAuthorityName="Kohler & McCranie" baseAuthorityYear="1999" box="[500,1010,1530,1555]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rogerromani">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2891FA73069DF982" box="[500,677,1531,1554]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. rogerromani</emphasis>
|
||
(Köhler & McCranie 1999)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2D61FA73017CF983" authority="(Cope 1871)" authorityName="Cope" authorityYear="1871" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[1028,1348,1531,1555]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serperaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2D61FA730090F982" box="[1028,1192,1531,1554]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. serperaster</emphasis>
|
||
(Cope 1871)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2CE1FA730632F9A7" authority="(Holm & Cruz 1994)" authorityName="Holm & Cruz" authorityYear="1994" baseAuthorityName="Holm & Cruz" baseAuthorityYear="1994" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tolpanorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2CE1FA730522F9A7" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. tolpanorum</emphasis>
|
||
(Holm & Cruz 1994)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having a dark gray dorsal body coloration and absence of conspicuous striping (vs. conspicuous striping and lighter brown color dorsal body coloration). Additionally, the new species differs from
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E29B0F9EF007CF9EF" box="[213,1092,1638,1663]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E29B0F9EF0563F9EF" baseAuthorityName="Gunther" baseAuthorityYear="1865" box="[213,347,1638,1663]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinaea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="godmani">R. godmani</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2802F9EF0624F9EF" baseAuthorityName="Stuart & Bailey" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[359,540,1638,1663]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hempsteadae">R. hempsteadae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2B4DF9EF06C9F9EF" baseAuthorityName="Mendelson & Kizrian" baseAuthorityYear="1995" box="[552,753,1638,1663]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kanalchutchan">R. kanalchutchan</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2B98F9EF07A6F9EE" baseAuthorityName="Mertens" baseAuthorityYear="1952" box="[765,926,1639,1662]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="montecristi">R. montecristi</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2ACFF9EF007CF9EF" baseAuthorityName="McCranie" baseAuthorityYear="2006" box="[938,1092,1638,1663]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pegosalyta">R. pegosalyta</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2DE1F9EF011BF9EE" baseAuthorityName="Cope" baseAuthorityYear="1871" box="[1156,1315,1639,1662]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="serperaster">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2DE1F9EF011BF9EE" box="[1156,1315,1639,1662]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. serperaster</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having 17 dorsal scale rows (vs.> 17 dorsal scale rows).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2BA3F902078AF933" authorityName="Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell" authorityYear="2018" box="[710,946,1674,1699]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xerophila">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2BA3F902078AF933" box="[710,946,1674,1699]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">Rhadinella xerophila</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be most easily confused with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2C50F9030563F957" authority="(Campbell 2015)" authorityName="Campbell" authorityYear="2015" baseAuthorityName="Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2015" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="donaji">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2C50F90301A4F933" box="[1333,1436,1674,1699]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. donaji</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="574D6D870013606E29FBF926056BF957" box="[158,339,1710,1735]" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" refId="ref3784" refString="Campbell, J. A. (2015) A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Pacific versant of Oaxaca, Mexico. Zootaxa, 3918 (3), 397 - 405. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3918.3.3" type="journal article">Campbell 2015</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E280CF9270094F957" authority="(Campillo, Davila-Galaviz, Flores-Villela & Campbell 2016)" authorityName="Campillo, Davila-Galaviz, Flores-Villela & Campbell" authorityYear="2016" baseAuthorityName="Campillo, Davila-Galaviz, Flores-Villela & Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2016" box="[361,1196,1710,1735]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dysmica">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E280CF92705D0F957" box="[361,488,1710,1735]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. dysmica</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="574D6D870013606E289CF926009DF957" box="[505,1189,1710,1735]" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" refId="ref3835" refString="Campillo, G., Davila-Galaviz, L., Flores-Villela, O. & Campbell, J. A. (2016) A new species of Rhadinella (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa, 4103 (2), 165 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4103.2.6" type="journal article">Campillo, Dávila-Galavíz, Flores-Villela & Campbell 2016</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2DD8F92704E3F97B" authority="(Smith 1941)" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1941" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1941" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schistosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2DD8F927017EF957" box="[1213,1350,1710,1735]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. schistosa</emphasis>
|
||
(Smith 1941)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E298CF95B05B6F97B" baseAuthorityName="Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="1954" box="[233,398,1746,1771]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pilonaorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E298CF95B05B6F97B" box="[233,398,1746,1771]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. pilonaorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E28B4F95B06C7F97B" authority="(Slevin 1936)" authorityName="Slevin" authorityYear="1936" baseAuthorityName="Slevin" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[465,767,1746,1771]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="posadasi">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E28B4F95B066FF97B" box="[465,599,1746,1771]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. posadasi</emphasis>
|
||
(Slevin 1936)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, all of which have almost uniformly dark brown or black dorsum, pale dashes on most dorsal scales, and often an indistinct dark vertebral line.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2D09F97E0162F89F" authorityName="Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell" authorityYear="2018" box="[1132,1370,1782,1807]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xerophila">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2D09F97E0162F89F" box="[1132,1370,1782,1807]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">Rhadinella xerophila</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has a mostly dark head with broad orange edging on supracephalic scales differing from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2D2CF8930089F8A3" baseAuthorityName="Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[1097,1201,1818,1843]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="donaji">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2D2CF8930089F8A3" box="[1097,1201,1818,1843]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. donaji</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with a mostly white head,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E29BFF8B7056DF8C7" baseAuthorityName="Campillo, Davila-Galaviz, Flores-Villela & Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2016" box="[218,341,1854,1879]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dysmica">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E29BFF8B7056DF8C7" box="[218,341,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. dysmica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2806F8B705DEF8C7" baseAuthorityName="Slevin" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[355,486,1854,1879]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="posadasi">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2806F8B705DEF8C7" box="[355,486,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. posadasi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2B41F8B70693F8C7" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[548,683,1854,1879]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schistosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2B41F8B70693F8C7" box="[548,683,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. schistosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with mostly or uniformly black heads, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2DF3F8B70100F8C7" baseAuthorityName="Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="1954" box="[1174,1336,1854,1879]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pilonaorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2DF3F8B70100F8C7" box="[1174,1336,1854,1879]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. pilonaorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
with top of head mostly orange with black mottling; differing from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2A27F8EB0793F8EB" baseAuthorityName="Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[834,939,1890,1915]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="donaji">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2A27F8EB0793F8EB" box="[834,939,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. donaji</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2A82F8EB005DF8EB" baseAuthorityName="Campillo, Davila-Galaviz, Flores-Villela & Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2016" box="[999,1125,1890,1915]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dysmica">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2A82F8EB005DF8EB" box="[999,1125,1890,1915]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. dysmica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having fourth and fifth infralabials contacting posterior genials (vs. third and fourth); differing from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2A9FF80F005AF80F" baseAuthorityName="Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[1018,1122,1926,1951]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="donaji">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2A9FF80F005AF80F" box="[1018,1122,1926,1951]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. donaji</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2D15F80F00D3F80F" baseAuthorityName="Campillo, Davila-Galaviz, Flores-Villela & Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2016" box="[1136,1259,1926,1951]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dysmica">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2D15F80F00D3F80F" box="[1136,1259,1926,1951]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. dysmica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2D9FF80F01A4F80F" baseAuthorityName="Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="1954" box="[1274,1436,1926,1951]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pilonaorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2D9FF80F01A4F80F" box="[1274,1436,1926,1951]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. pilonaorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E29ADF8230576F853" baseAuthorityName="Slevin" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[200,334,1962,1987]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="posadasi">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E29ADF8230576F853" box="[200,334,1962,1987]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. posadasi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having 1+1 temporals (vs. 1 + 2); segmental count differences difficult to evaluate owing to paucity of material, but
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E28C3F8470608F877" authorityName="Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell" authorityYear="2018" box="[422,560,1998,2023]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xerophila">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E28C3F8470608F877" box="[422,560,1998,2023]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. xerophila</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
appears to have more ventrals in males, 158, than do
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50013606E2DF7F8470121F877" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[1170,1305,1998,2023]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="2" pageNumber="340" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="schistosa">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640013606E2DF7F8470121F877" box="[1170,1305,1998,2023]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="340">R. schistosa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(145–147),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50012606F29F2FF110522FF20" baseAuthorityName="Slevin" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[151,282,151,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="posadasi">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F29F2FF110522FF20" box="[151,282,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">R. posadasi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(136–141), and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50012606F28B7FF11064CFF20" baseAuthorityName="Stuart" baseAuthorityYear="1954" box="[466,628,151,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pilonaorum">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F28B7FF11064CFF20" box="[466,628,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">R. pilonaorum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(151–153), and less than
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50012606F2AF0FF1107C3FF20" baseAuthorityName="Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2015" box="[917,1019,151,176]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="donaji">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F2AF0FF1107C3FF20" box="[917,1019,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">R. donaji</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(158 vs. 166); number of subcaudals in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50012606F29D1FF350506FF45" authorityName="Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell" authorityYear="2018" box="[180,318,188,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xerophila">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F29D1FF350506FF45" box="[180,318,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">R. xerophila</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
exceeds the number known for all other dark
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50012606F2A25FF340783FF45" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[832,955,188,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F2A25FF340783FF45" box="[832,955,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">Rhadinella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<tableCitation id="7E5E25CD0012606F2AAFFF340025FF44" box="[970,1053,188,213]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="5.[151,239,404,427]" captionText="TABLE 1. Comparison of selected features of Rhadinella spp. with dark-colored dorsum. The new species is marked in bold." pageId="3" pageNumber="341">Table 1</tableCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="7BC643FD0012606F29A2FF570755F87C" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" type="description">
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<paragraph id="336310760012606F29A2FF570042FE65" blockId="3.[151,1436,151,501]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">
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<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F29A2FF57062CFF68" bold="true" box="[199,532,223,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">
|
||
Description of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="EC67AED40012606F28C3FF570637FF68" box="[422,527,223,248]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Adult male; head length 8.3; SVL 207; TAL 128, eye diameter 0.9; distance of naris to anterior edge of eye 1.6; internasal suture 2.5, about 85% length of prefrontal suture; frontal 2.7, 61% as long as parietals; interocular distance 3.2, 73% occupied by frontal, mental broad, 1.6 x 0.9; two pairs of genials, subequal in size, posterior pair wing-shaped, deeply incised along median suture. Dorsal scales smooth, in 17/17/ 17 rows; apical pits absent; head scales arranged in typical colubrid fashion with paired internasals, paired prefrontals, broad median frontal, narrow paired supraoculars, and paired parietals; supralabials 7/7, fourth and fifth entering orbit; infralabials 7/7; preoculars 1/1, subpreocular absent; postoculars 1/1; temporals 1+1; preventrals 3; ventrals 158; cloacal plate divided; tail complete, subcaudals 116, divided.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="67A340FE0012606F29F2FAF2069BFA3F" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1303070/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" startId="3.[151,250,1402,1424]" targetBox="[392,1232,552,1377]" targetPageId="3">
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<paragraph id="336310760012606F29F2FAF2069BFA3F" blockId="3.[151,1436,1402,1455]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F29F2FAF2052BFA1F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1402,1424]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views of head of the holotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50012606F2A12FAF20074FA00" authorityName="Ariano-Sánchez & Campbell" authorityYear="2018" box="[887,1100,1402,1424]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="3" pageNumber="341" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xerophila">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F2A12FAF20074FA00" box="[887,1100,1402,1424]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">Rhadinella xerophila</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(UVG R-7003). Head length 8.3 mm, head width 4.5 mm. Photo “B” by A. Novales.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="336310760012606F29A2FA530094F960" blockId="3.[151,1437,1499,2028]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F29A2FA5305A6FA64" bold="true" box="[199,414,1499,1524]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">Coloration in life.</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsal ground color dark gray with only a hint of blackish longitudinal stripes on body; center of scales of first two scale rows with paler centers forming somewhat indistinct pale longitudinal lines; top of head black with most supracephalic plates broadly edged with orange; loreal, preoculars, upper and most of lower temporals mottled with orange; supralabials 1–5 and anterior portion of 6 white with blackish posterior edges; nuchal collar orange dorsally and laterally to level just above rictus, ventrally becoming white and merging with ventral coloration; nuchal collar reaching posterior of parietals, mid-dorsally extending posteriorly four scale lengths, laterally extending three scale lengths; nuchal collar partially divided mid-dorsally by several black dashes; chin and gular region whitish, grading to gray, darker posteriorly; iris reddish bronze.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="336310760012606F29A2F9730039F8A7" blockId="3.[151,1437,1499,2028]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F29A2F97305C3F884" bold="true" box="[199,507,1787,1812]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">Color after preservation.</emphasis>
|
||
Dorsum dark brownish gray; top of head dark brown with the orange-auburn markings in life fading to pale brown; nuchal white; and venter mostly cream.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="336310760012606F29A2F8CB0755F87C" blockId="3.[151,1437,1499,2028]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640012606F29A2F8CB05CCF8CC" bold="true" box="[199,500,1859,1884]" pageId="3" pageNumber="341">Hemipenial morphology.</emphasis>
|
||
A complete eversion of the left hemipenis was not achieved. On the basis of partially eversion the organ appears to be simple, capitate with calyculate capitulum; mid-section of hemipenial body with 6–7 large curved spines on sulcate side, asulcate side and base of organ with smaller spines and tiny spinules. The right and left retracted hemipenes extending to ninth and tenth subcaudals, respectively. The sulcus spermaticus is centrolineal, bifurcating just below the capitulum.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="7BC643FD0015606829A2FF1F055AFEF5" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="336310760015606829A2FF1F055AFEF5" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640015606829A2FF1F0576FF20" bold="true" box="[199,334,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The specific name is a feminine noun in apposition from the Greek ξηρός (
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682DDDFF1100CCFF20" box="[1208,1268,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">xeros</emphasis>
|
||
), meaning dry and the Latin
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682820FF340547FF45" box="[325,383,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">phila</emphasis>
|
||
, meaning loving, in reference to its characteristic of being the sole known member of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50015606829F2FF57052AFF68" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityYear="1941" box="[151,274,223,248]" class="Reptilia" family="Dipsadidae" genus="Rhadinella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640015606829F2FF57052AFF68" box="[151,274,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Rhadinella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
that inhabits in forest experiencing the harsh and extended dry season characterizing the Motagua Valley. It also represents the urgent need that people and governments take the dry forest seriously as a biodiversity relevant forest that deserves the same levels of protection and love as other more known and charismatic forests such as rainforest.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="7BC643FD0015606829A2FEE700DDFCA8" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="336310760015606829A2FEE70730FD5D" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640015606829A2FEE705CAFE18" bold="true" box="[199,498,367,392]" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
|
||
The
|
||
<typeStatus id="EC67AED4001560682B48FEF80665FE18" box="[557,605,368,392]" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality is located within
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682AE6FEE707C7FE18" authorityName="Wiegmann" authorityYear="1829" box="[899,1023,367,392]" class="Reptilia" family="Helodermatidae" genus="Heloderma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Heloderma</taxonomicName>
|
||
Natural Reserve, a privately owned, protected area within Motagua Valley in eastern
|
||
<collectingRegion id="F118DE94001560682BD9FE1C070DFE3D" box="[700,821,404,429]" country="Guatemala" name="Guatemala" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="4BCB50E6001560682BD9FE1C070DFE3D" box="[700,821,404,429]" name="Guatemala" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Guatemala</collectingCountry>
|
||
</collectingRegion>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="ABE70CF3001560682A23FE1C07B3FE3C" box="[838,907,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1793,1815]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,879,1771]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,879,1771]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Distribution of dark-colored species of Rhadinella in Mesoamerica." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1303072/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
). The annual average rainfall (
|
||
<quantity id="F424BD93001560682D83FE1C017FFE3C" box="[1254,1351,404,428]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.0" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" unit="mm" value="800.0">800 mm</quantity>
|
||
) in this region is typical of seasonally dry tropical forests. Rainfall in this area is seasonal, with a wet season lasting five months, from June to October, and a dry season of seven months, from November to May. The landscape is composed of patches of seasonally dry tropical forest and tropical thorn scrub, within a matrix of cornfields and melon crops. Most of the topography is undulating, with steep slopes (
|
||
<figureCitation id="ABE70CF3001560682AB3FDAC0009FDAC" box="[982,1073,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1361,1383]" captionTargetBox="[172,1416,193,1343]" captionTargetId="figure@2.[172,1416,193,1343]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. General view in life of the holotype of Rhadinella xerophila (UVG R-7003), SVL 214 mm (A) and landscape view of the dry forest habitat at Heloderma Natural Reserve, Motagua Valley (B). Photo “A” by A. Novales." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1303068/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
|
||
). The vegetation includes such distinctive dry forest species as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682B67FDC10765FDF0" box="[514,861,583,608]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Burseraceae" genus="Bursera" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Sapindales" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="species" species="excelsa">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682B67FDC1068FFDF0" box="[514,695,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Bursera excelsa</emphasis>
|
||
(Burseraceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682A0CFDCF00C6FDF0" box="[873,1278,583,608]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Nopalea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682A0CFDCF0048FDF0" box="[873,1136,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Nopalea guatemalensis</emphasis>
|
||
(Cactaceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682C69FDCF05F4FD14" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Pilosocereus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="species" species="leucocephalus">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682C69FDCF050FFD15" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Pilosocereus leucocephalus</emphasis>
|
||
(Cactaceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682881FDE50746FD14" box="[484,894,620,644]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cactaceae" genus="Stenocereus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="species" species="pruinosus">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682881FDE506D0FD14" box="[484,744,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Stenocereus pruinosus</emphasis>
|
||
(Cactaceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682AF0FDE50119FD15" box="[917,1313,620,645]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Leucaena" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="collinsii">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682AF0FDE50055FD15" box="[917,1133,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Leucaena collinsii</emphasis>
|
||
(Mimosaceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682C53FDE405F3FD38" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Lysiloma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="divaricatum">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682C53FDE40526FD38" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Lysiloma divaricatum</emphasis>
|
||
(Mimosaceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50015606828BDFD0707B5FD38" authorityName="Standl" authorityYear="1929" box="[472,909,655,680]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Combretaceae" genus="Bucida" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Myrtales" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="macrostachya">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640015606828BDFD0706F5FD38" box="[472,717,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Bucida macrostachya</emphasis>
|
||
(Combretaceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682AA9FD0701A1FD38" box="[972,1433,655,680]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Primulaceae" genus="Bonellia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Ericales" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="species" species="macrocarpa">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682AA9FD070085FD38" box="[972,1213,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Bonellia macrocarpa</emphasis>
|
||
(Theophrastaceae)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The elevation in this area ranges from
|
||
<quantity id="F424BD93001560682B23FD3C06E3FD5C" box="[582,731,692,716]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" metricValueMax="7.0" metricValueMin="3.0" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" unit="m" value="500.0" valueMax="700.0" valueMin="300.0">300 to 700 m</quantity>
|
||
asl.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="336310760015606829A2FD5F00DDFCA8" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,824]" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">
|
||
Other Motagua valley endemic species of amphibian and reptiles recorded in the vicinity of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="EC67AED4001560682C6AFD500107FD60" box="[1295,1343,728,752]" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality are:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50015606829AFFD740759FC84" authority="(Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell 2012)" authorityName="Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell" authorityYear="2012" baseAuthorityName="Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell" baseAuthorityYear="2012" box="[202,865,764,789]" class="Amphibia" family="Plethodontidae" genus="Oedipina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Caudata" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="motaguae">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640015606829AFFD740592FC84" box="[202,426,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Oedipina motaguae</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="574D6D870015606828D9FD740761FC84" box="[444,857,764,789]" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" refId="ref3726" refString="Brodie, E., Acevedo, M. & Campbell, J. A. (2012) New salamanders of the genus Oedipina (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from Guatemala. Journal of Herpetology, 46 (2), 233 - 240. https: // doi. org / 10.1670 / 11 - 106" type="journal article">Brodie, Acevedo & Campbell 2012</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682A0AFD7501ADFC84" authority="(Campbell & Savage 2000)" authorityName="Campbell & Savage" authorityYear="2000" baseAuthorityName="Campbell & Savage" baseAuthorityYear="2000" box="[879,1429,764,789]" class="Amphibia" family="Craugastoridae" genus="Craugastor" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anura" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inachus">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682A0AFD750068FC85" box="[879,1104,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Craugastor inachus</emphasis>
|
||
(Campbell & Savage 2000)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF50015606829F2FCA80606FCA8" authority="(Stejneger 1899)" authorityName="Stejneger" authorityYear="1899" baseAuthorityName="Stejneger" baseAuthorityYear="1899" box="[151,574,799,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Iguanidae" genus="Ctenosaura" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="palearis">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC640015606829F2FCA80544FCA8" box="[151,380,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Ctenosaura palearis</emphasis>
|
||
(Stejneger 1899)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F4DC6BF5001560682B11FC9700D8FCA8" authority="(Campbell & Vannini 1988)" authorityName="Campbell & Vannini" authorityYear="1988" baseAuthorityName="Campbell & Vannini" baseAuthorityYear="1988" box="[628,1248,799,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Helodermatidae" genus="Heloderma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="4" pageNumber="342" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="charlesbogerti">
|
||
<emphasis id="01A8CC64001560682B11FC9707A5FCA8" box="[628,925,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="342">Heloderma charlesbogerti</emphasis>
|
||
(Campbell & Vannini 1988)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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