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Tretanorhinus nigroluteus COPE, 1861

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
SubspeciesTretanorhinus nigroluteus nigroluteus COPE 1861
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus lateralis BOCOURT 1891 
Common NamesE: Orange-bellied Swampsnake, Orangebelly Swamp Snake
S: Buceadora 
SynonymTretanorhinus nigroluteus COPE 1861: 298
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus — COPE 1885: 183
Tretanorhinus lateralis BOCOURT 1893 (fide VILLA et al. 1988)
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus — BOULENGER 1893: 282
Tetranorhinus nigroluteus — AMARAL 1925 (in error)
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus dichromaticus VILLA 1969
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus obscurus VILLA 1969
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 306
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus — LINER 1994
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus — LINER 2007
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 736
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus — MARTÍNEZ-FONSECA et al. 2024

Tretanorhinus nigroluteus nigroluteus COPE 1861
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus COPE 1861: 298
Helicops Agassizi JAN 1865: 248
Helicops bifrenatus BOCOURT 1884: 134
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus —BOCOURT 1891: 122
Tretanorhinus intermedius ROSÉN 1905: 171
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus nigroluteus — DUNN 1939: 216
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus nigroluteus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970

Tretanorhinus nigroluteus lateralis BOCOURT 1891
Tretanorhinus lateralis BOCOURT 1891: 122
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus lateralis — DUNN 1939: 216
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus mertensi SMITH & GILLESPIE in SMITH 1965
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus lateralis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 306
Tretanorhinus nigroluteus lateralis — HENDERSON & HOEVERS 1979 
DistributionMexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Campeche), Guatemala, Honduras (Islas de la Bahia and Utila), Nicaragua, Belize, El Salvador ?, Costa Rica, Panama

Type locality: “Greytown, Nicaragua”

dichromaticus (invalid): Honduras (Roatan Island); Type locality: between 2 and 5 kms north of Coxen Hole, Roatan Island, Honduras.

lateralis: Belize; Type locality: Belize City

mertensi (invalid): Mexico (Veracruz) south to Guatemala; Type locality: north edge of Lake Catemaco, 5 km east of Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico.

obscurus (invalid): Nicaragua (Corn Island).  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 5568; MCZ R-826 listed as syntype.
Holotype: LACM 44426 [dichromaticus]
Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1891.0280-0281 (2 syntypes) [lateralis]
Holotype: INHS (= UIMNH) 55937 (University of Illinois Museum of Natural History), young male [mertensi]
Holotype: UCR 1888 (orig. JV 66162), collected by Jaime D. Villa on 23 January 1966 [obscurus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3397 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentIllustration: Color plate 73 in Villa et al. 1988.

Subspecies: Wilson & Meyer 1985 reject the two subspecies Tretanorhinus nigroluteus dichromaticus VILLA 1969 and Tretanorhinus nigroluteus obscurus VILLA 1969, an opinion that was adopted by subsequent aurhors, e.g. Köhler 2008: 295.

Synonymy: mainly after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970. HENDERSON & HOEVERS 1979 suggested to synonymize mertensi with lateralis.

Distribution: not in Yucatan state (Mexico), fide Gonzalez-Sanchez et al. 2017. 
EtymologyNamed after the Latin niger (= black, dark, dusky) and luteus (yellow), in reference to the "black" dorsum and "yellow" venter of the species (or, at least, the holotype, Cope, 1862: 298). 
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