Ficimia ruspator SMITH & TAYLOR, 1941

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Guerreran Hooknose Snake S: Nariz de Gancho Guerrense
Synonym	Ficimia ruspator SMITH & TAYLOR 1941: 364 Ficimia ruspator — LINER 1994 Ficimia ruspator — LINER 2007 Ficimia ruspator — WALLACH et al. 2014: 297
Distribution	Mexico (Guerrero) Type locality: Mexico: 3 mi E Tixtla, 10 mi E Chilpancingo, Guerrero.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 25064 (23646); E. H. Taylor; July 29, 1940.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Similar to Ficimia publia, but blotches on body 43, on tail 11. Similar to Ficimia variegata, but internasals present. Two postoculars; blotches narrow, tending to be light-centered; ventrals 154; caudals 33 (Smith & Taylor 1941: 364). Additional details (2281 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Distribution: not in Morelos fide Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020.
Etymology	Apparently named after Latin ruspo = to search, rummage in, fumble, dig, for its digging lifestyle.
References	Hardy L M 1980. Ficimia ruspator Smith and Taylor. Guerro hook-nosed snake. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 243: 1 - get paper here Hardy L M 1990. Ficimia Gray. Southern hook-nosed snakes. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles ( 471: 1-5 - get paper here Heimes, P. 2016. Snakes of Mexico. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 572 pp Liner, Ernest A. 2007. A CHECKLIST OF THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF MEXICO. Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60 - get paper here Mendoza-Quijano F; Smith H M 1993. A new species of hooknose snake, Ficimia (Reptilia, Serpentes). Journal of Herpetology 27 (4): 406-410 - get paper here Palacios-Aguilar, Ricardo & OSCAR FLORES-VILLELA 2018. An updated checklist of the herpetofauna from Guerrero, Mexico. Zootaxa 4422 (1): 1-24 - get paper here Smith, Hobart M.; Taylor, Edward H. 1941. A review of the snakes of the genus Ficimia. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 31 (8): 356-368 - 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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