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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Diaphorolepidini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pinchinda Snake 
SynonymEmmochliophis fugleri FRITTS & SMITH 1969
Emmochliophis fugleri — SHEIL 1998
Emmochliophis fugleri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 268 
DistributionW Ecuador

Type locality: Ecuador, Pichincha, 4 km E Rio Baba bridge, 24 km S Sto. Domingo de los Colorados, 600 m elevation.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 78795 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1082 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentKnown from only one (male) type specimen.

Type species: Emmochliophis fugleri FRITTS & SMITH 1969 is the type species of the genus Emmochliophis FRITTS & SMITH 1969.

Abundance: Rare. This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024. 
EtymologyName dafter Dr. Charles Fugler, who collected the holotype. 
References
  • Arteaga, A.; Bustamante, L.; Vieira, J. 2024. Reptiles of Ecuador. Khamai Foundation & Tropical Herping, 1073 pp. - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Fritts, Thomas H. Smith, Hobart M. 1969. A new genus and species of snake from western Ecuador. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72 (1): 60-66 - get paper here
  • Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here
  • Maynard RJ, Culebras J, Kohn S, Guayasamin JM, Trageser SJ 2021. Finding a shadow in the dark: rediscovery of Fugler’s Shadow Snake (Emmochliophis fugleri Fritts & Smith, 1969) after 54 years, with comments on its conservation status, distribution, and the tribe Diaphorolepidini. Check List 17(1): 239-245 - get paper here
  • Pyron RA, Guayasamin JM, Peñafiel N, Bustamante L, Arteaga A 2015. Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys 541: 109-147, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.541.6058 - get paper here
  • Sheil,C.A. 1998. Emmochliophis miops: redescription of Synophis miops (BOULENGER 1898). Journal of Herpetology 32 (4): 604-607 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - 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.
 
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