Spilotes megalolepis (GÜNTHER, 1865)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae, Colubrinae, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Black Chicken Snake, Black Rat Snake G: Scwarzr Hühnerfresser |
Synonym | Spilotes megalolepis GÜNTHER 1865: 93 Spilotes megalolepis — BOULENGER 1894: 24 Spilotes megalolepis — WERNER 1913: 22 Spilotes pullatus var. ater STERNFELD 1920 Spilotes megalolepis — ORCES & ALMENDARIZ 1989 Spilotes megalolepis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 684 Spilotes megalolepis — TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2019 Spilotes megalolepis — CRUZ-GARCIA et al. 2020 |
Distribution | W Ecuador (lowlands)
Type locality: “South America”
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Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: BMNH |
Diagnosis | Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3439 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Synonymy: Spilotes megalolepis GÜNTHER 1865 has been resurrected from synonymy with S. pullatus by Orces & Almendariz 1989.
Distribution (megalolepis): see map of 5 specimen in Ecuador in Cruz-García et al. 2020: 767 (Fig. 1) |
Etymology | Named after the large (”megalo-) scales (”lepis”). |
References |
- Boulenger, George A. 1894. Catalogue of the snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. British Mus. (Nat. Hist.), London, xi, 382 pp. - get paper here
- Cruz-García K, Cisneros-Heredia DF, Sánchez-Nivicela JC, Amador L 2020. New records of four reptile species (Lepidosauria, Squamata) from the province of Guayas, southwestern Ecuador. Check List 16(3): 765-772 - get paper here
- Günther, A. 1865. Fourth account of new Species of Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 15: 89-98. - get paper here
- Orces V., G. & A. Almendariz 1989. Acerca de la Sistematica de Spilotes megalolepis Gunther (Serpentes-Colubridae). Rev. Politecnica, Vol XIV, No. 2: 69-73. - get paper here
- Sternfeld, R. 1920. Zur Systematik der Schlangengattung Spilotes. Senckenbergiana, 2: 181-186 - get paper here
- Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - get paper here
- Wallach, Van; Kenneth L. Williams , Jeff Boundy 2014. Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. [type catalogue] Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 1237 pp.
- Werner, F. 1913. Neue oder seltene Reptilien und Frösche des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. Reptilien der Ostafrika-Expedition der Hamburger Geographischen Gesellschaft 1911/12. Leiter: Dr. E. Obst. Reptilien und Amphibien von Formosa. [these are 3 separate re Jb. Hamb. wiss. Anst., 30 [1912], 2. Beiheft: 1-39, 40-45, 45-51 - get paper here
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