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Urotheca lateristriga (BERTHOLD, 1859)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesS: Culebra de labios manchados 
SynonymLiophis lateristriga BERTHOLD 1859: 180
Dromicus frenatus PETERS 1863: 278
Dromicus multilineatus var. B PETERS 1863: 279
Dromicus nuntius JAN 1867
Urotheca lateristriga — BOULENGER 1894: 181
Urotheca coronata STEINDACHNER 1901: 106
Urotheca lateristriga — ANDERSSON 1901: 22
Erythrolamprus labialis WERNER 1909: 237
Rhadinaea lateristriga lateristriga — DUNN 1944: 493
Rhadinaea lateristriga lateristriga — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 266
Rhadinaea lateristriga — MYERS 1974: 185
Urotheca lateristriga — SAVAGE & CROTHER 1989
Rhadinaea lateristriga — PÁEZ et al. 2002
Rhadinea [sic] lateristriga — CARRERA et al. 2009
Urotheca lateristriga — WALLACH et al. 2014: 783 
DistributionColombia (incl. Valle del Cauca), Ecuador

Type locality: Popayán, Colombia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: lost (formerly ZMUG = ZIUG, Göttingen), collected by C. Degenhardt, 1839–1845, lost fide Medem (1965: 304).
Holotype: ZMB 4582, Bogota, Columbien [Dromicus multilineatus var. B PETERS 1863: 279]
Holotype: ZMH 2126 [Dromicus frenatus]
Holotype: ZSM 103/1926, adult, “Babahoyo, Ecuador”, collected by Prinzessin Therese von Bayern, no date [coronata] 
DiagnosisDescription (coronata): “Auge ziemlich klein, Schnauze zweimal länger als ein Augendiameter, vorne fast quer abgestutzt. Rostrale mehr als zweimal breiter als hoch. Internasalia etwas mehr als halb so lang wie die Praefrontalia. Frontale kaum langer als breit und fast ebenso lang wie sein Abstand vom vorderen Schnauzenrande. Parietalia circa 1.33 mal länger als das Frontale. Nasale getheilt, Loreale viereckig, ebenso hoch wie lang. 2 Prae-, 2 Postocularia. Supralabialia 8, das 4. und 5. das Auge begrenzend. Die beiden Kinnschilderpaare schmal, von gleicher Lange. Rücken und Seiten bräunlich violett, 2 gelbliche Linien an den Seiten des Rumpfes, die untere derselben vereinigt sich in der Mundwinkelgegend mit der gelben Kopflinie, die kranzförmig uber die Oberlippenschilder und das Rostrale zieht und hinter den Mundwinkeln über die 4. Querschuppenreihe hinter den Parietalschildern über den Vorderrücken ansteigt. Sq. 17. V. 147. Anale getheilt. Nahe verwandt mit U. lateristriga (Berth.) Cope.” (Steindachner 1901) 
CommentSynonymy and subspecies mainly after PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970.

Types: The holotype of Dromicus frenatus PETERS 1863: 278 (ZMB 2126) was formerly thought to be lost, but is present.

Distribution: not in Venezuela (Luis Esqueda, pers. comm., 21 April 2016, see also Natera-Mumaw et al. 2015). 
References
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