Dipsas temporalis (WERNER, 1909)
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Dipsas temporalis
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Temporal Snail-eater S: Caracolera Tropical de bandas rojizas |
| Synonym | Leptognathus temporalis WERNER 1909: 241 Leptognathus spurrelli BOULENGER 1913: 1036 Sibynomorphus spurellii (BOULENGER) — AMARAL 1930b:199 Sibynomorphus spurellii (BOULENGER) — AMARAL 1931:92 Sibynomorphus spurellii (BOULENGER) — RENDAHL & VESTERGREN 1940:11 Sibynon nebulatus — AMARAL 1930a:32 (not of LINNAEUS) Sibon sibon — AMARAL 1930b:68 (not of LINNAEUS) Sibon temporalis (WERNER) — DUNN and BAILEY 1939:9 Dipsas temporalis — PETERS 1960: 50 Dipsas temporalis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 90 Dipsas temporalis — MIYATA 1982:16 Dipsas temporalis — VILLA et al. 1988 Dipsas temporalis — CADLE & MYERS 2003: 35 Dipsas temporalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 235 |
| Distribution | Panama, Ecuador, Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca, Chocó) Type locality: Esmeraldes, Ecuador, leg. Kapt. E. KRAUSE, on the ship “Nako- Kosmos-Linie”. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: lost, was ZMH |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Dipsas temporalis differs from all congeners by the following combination of characters: (1) dorsals 15 without reduction; (2) temporals usually entering orbit on one or both sides; (3) anterior infralabials separated by pair (rarely fused) of small postmentals; (4) infralabials broadly contacting second pair of chinshields; sublabials separating infralabials from third pair of chinshields, preventrals, and ventrals; (5) loreal long, entering orbit; (6) preocular above loreal present or absent; (7) dorsal surfaces of head mostly immaculate reddish brown; (8) supralabials and sides of head black and white (not barred), with black subocular band extending onto ventral surface of head; (9) nuchal collar straw-colored; first band, incomplete ventrally, not reaching rictus and separated from parietals by 1–5 vertebrals; (10) dorsal body straw-colored to tan with 14–22 dark brown bands edged first in black, then in jagged cream line, at least on posterior body; (11) bands invariably complete dorsally and extending far onto ventrals where they may or may not be complete; (12) interspaces and bands mostly immaculate; accessory blotches absent; (13) venter cream with black lines interrupting interspaces; venter becoming more heavily marked posteriorly and almost entirely charcoal on tail; (14) ventrals 188–210 in males, 183–203 in females; (15) subcaudals 118–129 in males, 110– 134 in females. (16) maxillary teeth 27–31. |
| Comment | Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). Distribution: see map in Ray et al. 2023: 152 (Fig. 9) |
| Etymology | Named after Latin temporalis, of a time, but for a time, temporary, transitory. [?]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
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