Chlorosoma laticeps (WERNER, 1900)
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Chlorosoma laticeps
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | Portuguese: Cobra-Verde |
| Synonym | Philodryas laticeps WERNER 1900: 198 Philodryas oligolepis GOMES in AMARAL 1921: 4 Philodryas viridissima laticeps — THOMAS 1976 Philodryas laticeps — WILLIAMS & FRANCINI 1991 Philodryas oligolepis — STARACE 1998: 313 Philodryas laticeps — ZAHER et al. 2008 Philodryas laticeps — WALLACH et al. 2014: 550 Philodryas laticeps — NOGUEIRA et al. 2019 Chlorosoma laticeps — ARREDONDO et al. 2020 Chlorosoma laticeps — MELO-SAMPAIO et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Bolivia, Brazil Type locality: Santa Catharina, Brazil oligolepis: Brazil (Minas Gerais), S French Guiana, possibly Suriname (fide STARACE 1998). Type locality: Mariana, Estado de Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: ZMB 15704, thought to be lost, hence Thomas 1976 designated a Neotype (FMNH 168003) which is invalidated by the finding of the holotype by Zaher et al. 2008. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Philodryas laticeps differs from all other species in the genus by the following combination of characters: head, body, and tail uniformly green, except for the gular region and anteriormost ventrals which are white; mucosa surrounding the larynx and trachea in the floor of the mouth covered with black pigmentation; lack of well-defined longitudinal rows of large and shallow body calyces on the distal half of the asulcate surface of the hemipenial body; lateral enlarged spines reduced to middle sized spines; distal rows of middle sized spines disposed in a typical “V-shaped” configuration on the asulcate surface of the hemipenial body; diameter of the central portion of the hemipenis larger than both proximal and distal extremities; dorsal scale rows reducing anteroposteriorly from 19–17 to 13–11; high number of ventral scales (204 to 218); ventrals angulated laterally [Zaher et al. 2008]. |
| Comment | Synonymy: Listed as synonym of Philodryas olfersii in PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 244. Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | Named after Latin latus, wide, broad; spacious, extensive + Latin -ceps, -headed. (WERNER 1900, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024) |
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