| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | E: Striped Swamp Snake |
| Synonym | Tretanorhinus taeniatus BOULENGER 1903: 350
Tretanorhinus taeniatus — DUNN 1939: 213
Tretanorhinus taeniatus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 307
Tretanorhinus taeniatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 736 |
| Distribution | Colombia (incl. Valle del Cauca), Ecuador
Type locality: Río Sapayo, NW Ecuador, 450 ft.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.40 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Markings consist of stripes; 21 dorsal scale rows; three prefrontals; ventrals 168-174; caudals 74-81 (Dunn 1939: 213).
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| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Latin taeniatus, having a, provided with a ribbon, tape or band. [“...Greyish olive, with a broad, white lateral band occupying the three outer series of scales...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
| References |
- Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of new snakes in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 12: 350-354 - get paper here
- Castro-Herrera, F. & Vargas-Salinas, F. 2008. Anfibios y reptiles en el departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Biota Colombiana 9 (2): 251 - 277 - get paper here
- Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
- Peters , J. A. 1960. The snakes of Ecuador; check list and key. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 122: 489-541 - 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
- Valencia-Zuleta A, Jaramillo-Martínez AF, Echeverry-Bocanegra A, Viáfara-Vega R, Hernández-Córdoba O, Cardona-Botero VE, Gutiérrez-Zúñiga J, Castro-Herrera F. 2014. Conservation status of the herpetofauna, protected areas, and current problems in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 8 (2): 1–18 (e87) - get paper here
- Vásquez-Restrepo, Juan D. 2020. Validating the Two Records of Mocquard’s Swampsnake, Tretanorhinus mocquardi Bocourt 1891 (Dipsadidae), in Colombia, with Comments on the Taxonomy of Mainland Swampsnakes. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 27 (2): 314-317 - 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.
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