Magliophis exiguus (COPE, 1862)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | Magliophis exiguus exiguus (COPE 1863) Magliophis exiguus subspadix (SCHWARTZ 1967) |
Common Names | E: Virgin Islands Miniracer, Ground Snake Spanish: Culebrita de jardín |
Synonym | Dromicus exiguus COPE 1862: 79 Dromicus exiguus — GARMAN 1887: 282 Dromicus exiguus — BOULENGER 1894: 126 Leimadophis exiguus — STEJNEGER 1904: 698 Dromicus exiguus — SCHWARTZ 1967: 3 Arrhyton exiguus — MAGLIO 1970 Arrhyton exiguum — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 585 Arrhyton exiguum — CROTHER 1999 Magliophis exiguus — ZAHER et al. 2009 Magliophis exiguum — HEDGES et al. 2009 Magliophis exiguum — WALLACH et al. 2014: 423 Magliophis exiguus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Magliophis exiguus exiguus (COPE 1863) Dromicus exiguus exiguus — SCHWARTZ 1967: 4 Arrhyton exiguum exiguum — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 586 Magliophis exiguus exiguus — HEDGES et al. 2009 Magliophis exiguus exiguus — HEDGES et al. 2019 Magliophis exiguus subspadix (SCHWARTZ 1967) Dromicus exiguus subspadix SCHWARTZ 1967: 9 Arrhyton exiguum subspadix — SCHWARTZ & HENDERSON 1991: 586 Magliophis exiguus subspadix — HEDGES et al. 2009 Magliophis exiguus subspadix — HEDGES et al. 2019 |
Distribution | Puerto Rico Bank; US and British Virgin Islands. exiguum: U.S. and British Virgin Is.: Isla Culebra, St. Thomas, Hassel Isl., Tortola, Peter Isl., Virgin Gorda, Anegada [HR 30: 112]. Type locality: St. Thomas and St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands; restricted to St. Thomas by Schwartz, 1967d. subspadix: southwestern Puerto Rico, from the vicinity of Parguera east to Playa de Arroyo. Type locality: “7.0 km E Guánica, Puerto Rico.” |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Syntypes: Unlocated. Holotype: MCZ 81121 [subspadix] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (genus): Species in this genus have 19 midbody scale rows, 137–165 ventrals, 71–102 subcaudals, no apical scale pits, eight upper labials, and nine lower labials (Table 2). Magliophis differs from each of the other alsophiine genera in at least one of those characters. |
Comment | For illustrations see Stejneger, 1904; Schmidt, 1928; Schwartz, 1967; Philibosian and Yntema, 1977; Rivero, 1978; MacLean, 1982. Arrhyton exiguus stahli has been elevated to full species status. Type species: Dromicus exiguus COPE 1863 is the type species of the genus Magliophis ZAHER et al. 2009. |
Etymology | The species name exiguus is a Latin word meaning little, short, scanty and/or poor, but is also used in the sense of “insignificant”, apparently referring to its small size. |
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