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Stenorrhina freminvillei (DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL, 1854)

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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blood Snake, Slaty Grey Snake
G: Skorpionsfresser
S: Alacranera de Freminville 
SynonymStenorhina Freminvillii [sic] DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 868
Microphis quinquelineatus HALLOWELL 1855: 33
Microphis quinquelineatus HALLOWELL 1855: 97
Stenorhina lactea COPE 1861: 303
Stenorhina degenhardtii apiata COPE 1876: 142
Stenorhina fremenvillei [sic] — GARMAN 1884: 85
Stenorhina quinquelineata — GARMAN 1884: 86
Geophis multitorques yucatanicus BARBOUR & COLE 1906: 153
Stenorhina freminvillei apiata — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 133
Stenorhina freminvillei lactea — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 133
Stenorrhina freminvillii — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 286
Stenorrhina freminvillei — LINER 1994
Stenorrhina freminvillei — LINER 2007
Stenorrhina freminvillei — WALLACH et al. 2014: 688
Stenorrhina freminvillii — SIMÓN-SALVADOR et al. 2016
Stenorrhina freminvillii — TORRES-HERNÁNDEZ et al. 2021
Stenorrhina freminvillii — SUNYER & MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA 2023
Stenorrhina freminvillii — SASA et al. 2025 
DistributionMexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Guerrero, Michoacán [HR 32: 280]), Veracruz), Belize ?, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

Type locality: Mexico  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MNHN-RA 0816, a 463 mm specimen (captain of the frigate Fréminville).
Syntypes: (2) ANSP 3753-54, Honduras [Microphis quinquelineatus]
Holotype: MCZ 7037 [yucatanicus]
Holotype: USNM 4944 [Stenorhina lactea]
Holotype: USNM 70405 [apiata] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Stenorrhina freminvillii can be distinguished from all other Honduran snakes, except Stenorrhina degenhardtii, in having the internasal fused to the ante­rior section of the nasal. Stenorrhina degenhardtii has a blotched, spotted, or nearly uniformly brown dorsum in adults (versus a lineate dorsal pattern in S. freminvillii) (McCranie 2011: 213; diagnosis may not apply to range outside Honduras).


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CommentSynonymy after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970.

Behavior: mostly nocturnal

Distribution: not in Panama; reports from Panama are based on misidentifications. Contrary to Peters and Orejas-Miranda (1970) and Villa, Wilson, andJohnson (1988), this species is not known from Panama (Savage 2002). 
EtymologyNamed after Christophe-Paulin de la Poix Chevalier de Freminville (1787-1848) was a naval officer and naturalist. For his tragic life details see Beolens et al. 2011. 
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