Rhinocheilus lecontei BAIRD & GIRARD, 1853

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae, Colubrinae, Lampropeltini, Serpentes (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Longnose Snake lecontei: Western Longnose Snake tessellatus: Texas Longnose Snake G: Nasennatter
Synonym	Rhinocheilus lecontei BAIRD & GIRARD 1853: 120 Rhinochilus [sic] lecontei — COPE 1867: 85 Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus GARMAN 1883: 74 Rhinocheilus antonii DUGÈS 1886 Rhinochilus [sic] lecontei —VAN DENBURGH 1895: 142 Rhinocheilus lecontei clarus KLAUBER 1941 (fide SHANNON & HUMPHREY) Rhinocheilus antonii antonii — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 120 Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 121 Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus — TAYLOR 1953 Rhinocheilus lecontei — STEBBINS 1985: 195 Rhinocheilus lecontei etheridgei GRISMER 1990 Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus — CONANT & COLLINS 1991: 213 Rhinocheilus lecontei — LINER 1994 Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus — DIXON 2000 Rhinocheilus lecontei lecontei — LINER 2007 Rhinocheilus lecontei etheridgei — LINER 2007 Rhinocheilus lecontei antonii — FLORES-VILELA et al. 2010 Rhinocheilus lecontei — BOUNDY et al. 2012
Distribution	USA (California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, SE Colorado, SW Kansas, Texas), Mexico (Tamaulipas etc.) antonii: Mexico (Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit); Type locality: San Blas near Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico (probably San BIas, Nayarit, Mexico). etheridgei: Isla Cerralvo lecontei: USA (California, Nevada, Arizona), Mexico (Baja California Norte, N Sonora) tessellatus: USA (New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, SW Kansas); Mexico (Coahuila to San Luis Potosí and west to NE Chihuahua); Type locality: Monclova, Coahuila. Type locality: San Diego, California Map legend: - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map. NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
Types	Holotype: USNM antonii: Holotype in the Museo Alfredo Duges, Guanajuato, Mexico, juvenile female, collector unknown etheridgei: Holotype: SDSNH 66294; paratypes SDSNH 66309 tesselatus: Holotype: MCZ (Harvard University) 4577, young female, collected by Edward Palmer, 1880.
Comment	GRISMER (1999) elevated Rhinocheilus lecontei etheridgei to full species status based on squamation, but using an evolutionary species concept. MANIER (2004) found that no one subspecies was consistently divergent in all analyses, leading to the conclusion that the three mainland subspecies are not sufficiently distinct to warrant separate subspecies status. The island subspecies, though not always statistically distinct, is geographically separate from other populations and differs in characters related to size. Given the small number of specimens available, a decision regarding its taxonomic status (i.e. elevation to species level) is best deferred until additional specimens can be examined and data on molecular variation can be analysed. Reproduction: oviparous. Type species: Rhinocheilus lecontei BAIRD & GIRARD 1853 is the type species of the genus Rhinocheilus BAIRD & GIRARD 1853.
References	Baird, S. F. and C. Girard. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.-Serpents. Smithsonian Inst., Washington, xvi + 172 pp. Boundy, Jeff; Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Brian I. Crother, Kevin de Queiroz, Darrel R. 2012. Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. SSAR, 101 pp. Burt, Charles E. 1935. Further records of the ecology and distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the middle west American Midland Naturalist 16 (3): 311-336 - get paper here Collins, J.T. & Collins, S.L. 2009. A pocket guide to Kansas snakes, 2nd ed. Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita, 69 pp. Collins, J.T. & Collins, S.L. 2010. A pocket guide to Kansas snakes, 3rd ed. Great Plains Nature Center, Wichita, 69 pp. Conant,R. & Collins,J.T. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern/Central North America, 3rd ed. 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A range extension of the Texas Longnose Snake in Western Kansas. Journal of Kansas Herpetology 1: 8 - get paper here Tanner, Wilmer W.;Heinrichs, J. W. 1964. An extension of Arizona e. philipi and Rhinocheilus l. lecontei into southcentral Utah Southwestern Naturalist 9 (1): 45-46 - get paper here Van Denburgh,J. 1895. A review of the herpetology of Lower California. Part I - Reptiles. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 71-163 Waldron, Kevin;Montgomery, Chad;Hobert, Justin;Donoho, Ron;Mackessy, Stephen P. 1996. Geographic Distribution. Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus Herpetological Review 27 (1): 35 Webb, Robert G.;Hensley, Max 1959. Notes on reptiles from the Mexican State of Durango Publications of the Museum - Michigan State University, Biological Series 1 (6): 249-258 Wehler, John E.;Darling, Donald M. 1950. Rhinocheilus lecontei tessellatus Garman in Tamaulipas, Mexico Herpetologica 6: 112 - get paper here Werning, Heiko 2012. 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External links	IUCN Red List - Rhinocheilus lecontei - Least Concern, LC http://www.desertmuseum.org/programs/yecora_fauna.html http://www.wildherps.com/families/Colubridae.html Google images Profile of Rhinocheilus lecontei on Reptarium

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