Magliophis stahli (STEJNEGER, 1904)
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Magliophis stahli
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Puerto Rican Miniracer |
| Synonym | Leimadophis stahli STEJNEGER 1904: 695 Leimadophis stahli — FOWLER 1918 Dromicus exiguus stahli — SCHWARTZ 1967: 6 Arrhyton exiguus stahli — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 586 Magliophis stahli — HEDGES et al. 2009 Magliophis stahli — WALLACH et al. 2014: 423 |
| Distribution | Puerto Rico Type locality: Puerto Rico, north of a line connecting Mayagùez, Los Rûbanos, Aibonito, and Patillas. elevation: sea level to at least 1800 ft. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: USNM 27323 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A subspecies of D. exiguus characterized by large size (male to 428 mm, females to 438 mm snout-vent length), high number of ventrals (145 to 165 in males, 146 to 161 in females), ventrals 4 subcaudals high (233 to 269 in males, 233 to 252 in females), dorsum usually with much dark brown spotting in the dorsal zone, nuchal stripe prominent and long, ventral angulate markings usually present and bold, venter heavily stippled or blotched, at times very darkly so, and loreals always present. (Schwartz 1967: 6) |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Dr. A. Stahl of Bayamon, “the venerable Porto Rican patriot and naturalist, from whom I received the type specimen.” (Stejneger 1904) |
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