Lampropeltis abnorma (BOCOURT, 1886)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Lampropeltini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Honduran milk snake G: Pazifik-Dreiecksnatter [oligozona] G: Honduras-Dreiecksnatter [hondurensis] S: Falsa Coralillo de Guatemala |
Synonym | Coronella formosa var. anomala BOCOURT 1886: 614 (preoccupied) Coronella formosa abnorma BOCOURT 1886 (nom. subst. pro anomala) Coronella formosa oligozona BOCOURT 1886 Lampropeltis polyzona blanchardi STUART 1935: 2 Lampropeltis triangulum blanchardi — DUNN 1937: 8 Lampropeltis triangulum abnorma — SMITH 1942: 201 Lampropeltis triangulum abnorma — SMITH 1942: 246 Lampropeltis triangulum oligozona — SMITH 1945: 202 Lampropeltis triangulum blanchardi — LAURENT 1949: 12 Lampropeltis doliata blanchardi — HALL 1951 Lampropeltis triangulum abnorma — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 138 Lampropeltis triangulum oligozona — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970 Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis WILLIAMS 1978: 212 Lampropeltis triangulum stuarti WILLIAMS 1978 Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis — MEHRTENS 1987: 129 Lampropeltis triangulum abnorma — WILLIAMS 1994 Lampropeltis triangulum blanchardi — WILLIAMS 1994 Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis — WILLIAMS 1994 Lampropeltis triangulum — CAMPBELL 1998 Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis — HALLMEN 2005 Lampropeltis triangulum stuarti — HERTZ et al. 2009 Lampropeltis triangulum oligozona — SCHMIDT 2011 Lampropeltis triangulum — GUERRA-CENTENO et al. 2012 Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis — LAITA 2013 Lampropeltis abnorma — RUANE et al. 2014 Lampropeltis triangulum oligozona — ILLESCAS-APARICIO et al. 2016 |
Distribution | Mexico (S Veracruz, SE Guerrero; possibly Chiapas, Oaxaca, Campeche, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan), Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, W Costa Rica; possibly Belize and El Salvador previously recognized subspecies of L. triangulum: abnorma: Guatemala; Type locality, "Haute Vera Paz" (= Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. blanchardi: Mexico (Yucatan); Type locality: "Valladolid Trail near Chichen Itzi, Yucatan, Mexico." hondurensis: carribbean side of Honduras, Nicaragua, NE Costa Rica; Type locality: "Cukra, Departmento de Zelaya,Nicaragua." oligozona: Oaxaca, Chiapas (Mexico), Esquintla (Guatemala); Type locality: “Tehuantepec" and "western slopes of Guatemala”. stuarti: El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, NW Costa Rica (pacific side); Type locality: "Finca Los Cedros (100 m), Tecla, Departmento La Libertad, El Salvador." |
Reproduction | |
Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 1888.0129, adult female, date of collection unknown, collected by M.F.Bocourt Holotype: USNM 68239, young male [blanchardi] Holotype: UMMZ 68239 [blanchardi] Holotype: AMNH 12676, adult female [hondurensis] Syntypes: MNHN 6083, 4428, 88-126-128; Lectotype: MNHN 6083, adult male (designated by WILLIAMS 1978) [oligozona]Holotype: SMF 43166, adult female [stuarti] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970, WILLIAMS 1994, and RUANE et al. 2014. Listed as synonym of Lampropeltis triangulum by WALLACH et al. 2014: 359. Illustrations: L.t.hondurensis in SCHMIDT (2004). Love (2012) shows a bicephalic L. t. hondurensis. |
Etymology | The name abnorma is from the Latin meaning "deviating from the type," in apparent reference to its divergence from other members of the species. |
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