Conophis morai PÉREZ-HIGAREDA, LÓPEZ-LUNA & SMITH, 2002

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mora's Road Guarder S: Guarda Caminos de Mora
Synonym	Conophis morai PÉREZ-HIGAREDA, LÓPEZ-LUNA & SMITH 2002 Conophis morai — WILSON et al. 2013 Conophis morai — WALLACH et al. 2014: 180
Distribution	SE Mexico (Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz) Type locality: Ejido Ruiz Cortines on the southeastern slope of San Martín Tuxtla Volcano, elevation 1050 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAR-EBTT (= IBH-LT = UNAM-LT) 3662.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Different from C. lineatus, the only other striped member of the genus on the east coast of Mexico, in having the dorsolateral and lateral dark stripes continuous and split by a white line throughout the length of body, including neck, occupying two scale rows; sublateral stripe continuous, uninterrupted except on neck; spot at ends of ventrals sharply defined, not diffuse; both dorsal and ventral edges of supralabials black; ventral surface of head mostly black, from mental to the first few ventrals; posterior edge of each ventral on anterior part of body black; rest of venter gray, with several irregular black spots on midbody ventrals (Perez-Higareda et al. 2002).
Comment	Synonymy: Listed as synonym of C. lineatus by Heimes 2016: 224 and as both valid species and synonym by Wallach et al. 2014, in both cases without justification or source.
Etymology	Named after Biologist Roberto Mora, collector and donor of the holotype.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Pérez-Higareda, Gonzalo, Marco A. López-Luna and Hobart M. Smith 2002. A new species of Conophis (Reptilia: Serpentes) from Los Tuxtlas, an area of high endemism in southern Veracruz, Mexico. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 38 (1): 27-32 - get paper here Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - 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. Wilson, Larry David; Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson 2013. A conservation reassessment of the reptiles of Mexico based on the EVS measure. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7 (1): 1–47 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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