Pseudalsophis dorsalis (STEINDACHNER, 1876)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Synonym | Dromicus chamissonis var. dorsalis STEINDACHNER 1876: 306 Dromicus chamissonis var. Habelii STEINDACHNER 1876: 306 Dromicus dorsalis — VAN DENBURGH 1912: 341 Dromicus dorsalis dorsalis — MERTENS 1960: 137 Alsophis biserialis dorsalis — THOMAS 1997: 32 Alsophis dorsalis dorsalis — SWASH & STILL 2000 Pseudalsophis dorsalis — ZAHER et al. 2009 Pseudalsophis dorsalis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 595 |
Distribution | Ecuador: Galapagos Islands (Baltra, Bartólome, Rábida, Santiago, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé). Type locality: “Galapagos-Inseln” [= Galapagos Islands]. Restricted to Santa Cruz Island fide R.A. Thomas (1997: 36). |
Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
Types | Syntypes: NMW 25168.1–2 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis [dorsalis]: Scale-pits present; scales in 19 rows; gastrosteges 213 to 236; urosteges 95 to 119, usually some unpaired; postoculars two, rarely one; temporals usually 1+2 or 1+1; usually striped, sometimes spotted (on Barrington and Indefatigable) [from VAN DENBURGH 1912]. |
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