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Tretanorhinus taeniatus BOULENGER, 1903

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Striped Swamp Snake 
SynonymTretanorhinus taeniatus BOULENGER 1903: 350
Tretanorhinus taeniatus — DUNN 1939: 213
Tretanorhinus taeniatus — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 307
Tretanorhinus taeniatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 736 
DistributionColombia (incl. Valle del Cauca), Ecuador

Type locality: Río Sapayo, NW Ecuador, 450 ft.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.1.15.40 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS. Markings consist of stripes; 21 dorsal scale rows; three
prefrontals; ventrals 168-174; caudals 74-81 (Dunn 1939: 213).

DESCRIPTION. The first statement in the following description refers to the type in each case: scales 21 (21-19); ventrals (?) 168-175, caudals 81-74; three prefrontals, one loreal, preoculars 2 (2-3); postoculars 2; temporals 1 + 2 or 2 +3 in both specimens; upper labials 8 (8-9), fourth (fourth or fifth) entering eye; nasals in contact behind rostral; 4 or 5 lower labials in contact with anterior chin shields; middorsal dark stripe on vertebral row; lateral dark stripe on row 4 in type, on row 5 in the Buenaventura specimen. Median prefrontal small but apparently perfectly normal; rows of scales below lateral dark stripe white; three ill-defined dark stripes along belly, a median one and one at end of the ventrals (Dunn 1939: 214). 
Comment 
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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