Drymoluber apurimacensis LEHR, CARRILLO & HOCKING, 2004
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Apurímac Woodland Racer |
Synonym | Drymoluber apurimacensis LEHR, CARRILLO & HOCKING 2004 Drymoluber apurimacensis — COSTA et al. 2013 Drymoluber apurimacensis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 247 |
Distribution | Peru (Apurímac), elevation 1920–3300 m. Type locality: Abancay (13° 38’ 38’’ S, 72° 52’ 33’’ W), Provincia de Abancay, Dep. de Apurímac. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MUSM (= MHNSM) 20672, juv. female (Museu de Historia Natural Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos) |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Drymoluber apurimacensis is distinguished from all other species of Drymoluber by the following combination of characters (characters of D. dichrous and D. brazili, respectively, in parentheses): scale rows 13–13–13 (15–15–15, 17–17–15), temporals 112/112 (212/212), maxillary teeth 14–16 (18–24, Amaral, 1930) dorsal coloration of juveniles with narrow, 1.0–1.5 scales wide, black transversal blotches reaching the outer edges of ventrals (D. dichrous: narrow, 0.5–1.0 scales wide, pale grey to white blotches reaching the outer edges of ventrals; D. brazili: narrow, 0.5–2.0 scales wide, pale grey to white blotches reaching the outer edges of ventrals), and broader, 2.0–2.5 scales wide, hazelnut brown interspaces (D. dichrous: broader dark grey interspaces 3.0–4.5 scales wide; D. brazili: broader dark brown interspaces 2.0–3.5 scales wide), ventral coloration pale grey, dorsal coloration of adults olive-grey (olive-brown, olive-green), labials and throat pale grey (yellow), ventral coloration yellowish grey (yellow, olive to yellow). |
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Etymology | Named after the Quechuan words “apu”, referring to the maighty mountains, and “rimac”, which means “speaking”. Apurímac means “the mountains spirit that speaks” and is also the name of the Peruvian Departamento where the type was found. |
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