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Higher TaxaColubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blotched Hooknose Snake
S: Nariz de Gancho Manchada 
SynonymFicimia publia COPE 1866
Ficimia ornata BOCOURT 1883: 571
Gyalopium publium — COPE 1885: 177
Ficimia olivacea publia — BARBOUR & COLE 1906: 153
Ficimia publia — SMITH 1941: 362
Ficimia publia taylori SMITH 1947
Ficimia publia wolffsohni NEILL 1965: 103
Ficimia publia — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 116
Ficimia publia — LINER 1994
Ficimia publia — LINER 2007
Ficimia publia — WALLACH et al. 2014: 296 
DistributionS Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Jalisco [HR 27: 88], Morelos, Veracruz, Puebla, Guerrero, Morelos, Colima), Honduras, Belize, S Guatemala

Type locality: Yucatan

taylori (invalid): Mexico (Veracruz); Type-locality, "Rio Chiquito at San Lorenzo, Veracruz."

wolffsohni (invalid): Belize; Type-locality, "Gallon Jug, Orange Walk District, British Honduras" [Belize].  
Reproductionoviparous (Greer 1966) 
TypesSyntypes: USNM 16428, 16427
Holotype: USNM 123491 [taylori]
Holotype: MCZ 71668 [wolffsohni] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2128 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970, HARDY 1980, LEE 2000.

Subspecies: Ficimia publia taylori SMITH 1947 is not recognized by recent authors, i.e. considered a synonym of publia by Hardy 1980, Heimes 2016. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin publia, friend of the people; public. [?]. 
References
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