Synophis insulomontanus TORRES-CARVAJAL, ECHEVARRÍA, VENEGAS, CHÁVEZ & CAMPER, 2015
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Synophis insulomontanus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Diaphorolepidini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | English: Mountain Shadow Snake Spanish: Culebras Andinas de la Sombra monteses |
| Synonym | Synophis insulomontanus TORRES-CARVAJAL, ECHEVARRÍA, VENEGAS, CHÁVEZ & CAMPER 2015 |
| Distribution | Peru (Huánuco) Type locality: Peru: Departamento Huánuco: Provincia Puerto Inca: Distrito Llullapichis: Campamento Peligroso-Reserva Comunal El Sira (9°25'34.22"S, 74°44'6.60"W, 1507 m |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CORBIDI 13940 (Figs 10, 11), adult male, collected on 1 December 2013 by G. Chavez. Paratypes. Peru: Departamento San Martín: Provincia Picota: Distrito Shaboy- acu: CORBIDI 9223 adult female from Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul, Puesto de Control 16 (Chambirillo) (7°4'8.90"S, 76°0'55.20"W, 1122 m), collected on 8 May 2011 by P. J. Venegas and V. Duran and CORBIDI 10418, from same local- ity, collected on 20 February 2012 by V. Duran. Departamento Huánuco: Provincia Huánuco: Distrito Chinchao: CORBIDI 13705 adult male from Miraflores (9°40'40.60"S, 75°50'11.09"W, 1798 m), collected 8 December 2013 by V. Duran and L. Lujan. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Synophis insulomontanus can be distinguished from other species of Synophis by having a semicapitate, bilobed hemipenis with a large lateral spine at the base of the hemipenial body, and the sulcus spermaticus bifurcating on the center of the hemipenial body (Fig. 12); 19 longitudinal rows of dorsals at midbody; strongly keeled dorsals except for first row, which is keeled to a lesser extent; 151-152 ventrals in males, 147-149 in females; 108-109 subcaudals in males, 103 in females. Scutellational characters of all recognized species of Synophis are presented in Table 3 in TORRES-CARVAJAL et al. 2015. |
| Comment | Abundance: Known only from the holotype and paratypes. |
| Etymology | The epithet insulomontanus is a noun that derives from the Latin words insulo (= isolated) and montanus (= mountain). It refers to the isolated mountain ridges in Departamento Huánuco, where the new species was discovered. Some dictionaries called this species “Mountain fishing snakes” but there is no evidence this species eats fish (Pyron e al. 2016). |
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