Coniophanes joanae MYERS, 1966

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Coniophanes joanae MYERS 1966: 665 Coniophanes joanae — FLORES-VILLELA & SMITH 2009 Coniophanes joanae — WALLACH et al. 2014: 177
Distribution	E Panama Type locality: southeastern slope of Cerro Pirre (also called "Mount Pirri" and "Cerro Cana"), Serrania de Pirre, 1440 m elevation, Darien, Panama.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: KU 93502, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History (original number CWM 5097), an adult female taken on 27 May 1965, by Charles W. Myers.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A diminutive Coniophanes differing from most of its congeners in having 17 anterior and midbody rows of dorsal scales, and differing from all in the following combination of color and pattern: Brown above with brown supralabials and a light postocular stripe across corner of mouth to nape; a dark line on the 4th scale row and a dark streak on the vertebral and paravertebral rows extending length of body and continuing conspicuously as tail stripes; ventral surfaces orangish brown, mottled with blackish pigment and with a dark transverse streak at base of each ventral and subcaudal plate. Coniophanes meridanus, of the Yucatan Peninsula, is the only other species of Coniophanes with 17 anterior and midbody rows of dorsal scales (from 19 to 25 rows in other species), but has light temporal stripes, a nape collar, an inconspicuously striped body and tail, and lacks a light stripe across the corner of the mouth. (Myers 1966)
Comment
Etymology	Named after Joan Wilson Myers, the describer's wife.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Flores-Villela, Oscar and Eric N. Smith 2009. A NEW SPECIES OF CONIOPHANES (SQUAMATA: COLUBRIDAE), FROM THE COAST OF MICHOACÁN, MEXICO. Herpetologica 65 (4): 404-412 - get paper here Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp. Myers, C. W. 1966. A new species of colubrid snake, genus Coniophanes, from Darién, Panama. Copeia 1966 (4): 665-668 - get paper here Myers, C. W. 1969. Snakes of the genus Coniophanes in Pantamá. American Museum Novitates 2372: 1- 28 - get paper here Nemuras, K. 1967. Notes on the Herpetology of Panama: Part 4. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 3 (3): 63-71 - get paper here Ray, Julie M. and Patty Ruback 2015. Updated checklists of snakes for the provinces of Panamá and Panamá Oeste, Republic of Panama. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2 (2): 168-188 - get paper here Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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