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Apostolepis tenuis RUTHVEN, 1927

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Bolivian Blackhead, Ruthven's Burrowing Snake 
SynonymApostolepis tenuis RUTHVEN 1927: 1
Apostolepis ambiniger — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970
Apostolepis tenuis — HARVEY 1999: 404
Apostolepis tenuis — DE LEMA 2002
Apostolepis tenuis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 53 
DistributionBolivia (Beni), Brazil (França et al. 2020)

Type locality: Buena Vista, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: UMMZ 64436, collected by: Jose Steinbach 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Two upper labials, the 5th and 6th, in contact
with the parietals; symphysial scale not in contact with chinshields; 4 lower labials in contact with chin-shields, the 4th the largest.” (Ruthven 1927)


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin tenuis = slender. 
References
  • Eversole, C. B., Powell, R. L., Rivas, L. R., & Lizarro, D. E. 2024. Reptile Biodiversity and Vulnerability in Bolivia’s Beni Department: Informing Conservation Priorities in a Neglected Frontier. Diversity, 16(6), 335 - get paper here
  • França, D.P.F., E. C. Fermiano, P. R. Machado-Filho & H. Zaher. 2020. Taxonomic contributions and first record of the poorly known species Apostolepis tenuis Ruthven, 1927 in Brazil (Serpentes, Dipsadidae). Herpetologia Brasileira 8 (3): 44–49
  • FRANÇA, DANIELLA. P. F.; FAUSTO E. BARBO, NELSON J. SILVA-JÚNIOR, HELDER L. R. SILVA, HUSSAM ZAHER 2018. A new species of Apostolepis (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Elapomorphini) from the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Zootaxa 4521 (4): 438-552 - get paper here
  • Gómez-Murillo, Pedro; Oliver Quinteros-Muñoz, Enrique Domic, Teresa Camacho-Badani, Romeo Rojas-Estrada, Irene Arellano-Martín, Rodrigo Aguayo, Lucindo Gonzales, Luis F. Esqueda, Carlos Urdiales Alonso, Dennis E. Lizarro (†), Edson Cortez, Mauricio O 2025. Catalogue of the reptiles (Reptilia) of Bolivia: checklist, distribution and literature. Cuadernos de Herpetología 39(S1):2-185 - get paper here
  • Hartweg, Norman 1932. The status of Apostolepis tenuis Ruthven. Copeia 1932 (2): 103 - get paper here
  • Harvey, Michael B. 1999. Revision of Bolivian Apostolepis (Squamata: Colubridae). Copeia 1999 (2): 388-409 - get paper here
  • Lema, T. de & Renner, M.F. 2006. A new species of Apostolepis with striped pattern from Mato Grosso, Brasil (Serpentes, Elapomorphine). Ciência em movimento 8: 13-18
  • Lema, Thales de 2001. Fossorial snake genus Apostolepis from South America (Serpentes: Colubridae: Elapomorphinae). Cuadernos de herpetología 15 (1): 29-43.
  • Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1972. The taxonomic validity of Apostolepis tenuis Ruthven and Apostolepis vittata (Cope) (Serpentes: Colubridae). Copeia 1972 (3): 588-590 - get paper here
  • Ruthven, Alexander G. 1927. Description of an apparently new species of Apostolepis from Bolivia. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan (188): 1-2 - 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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