Tachymenoides harrisonfordi LEHR, CUSI, FERNANDEZ, VERA & CATENAZZI, 2023

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Harrison Ford’s Slender Snake
Synonym	Tachymenoides harrisonfordi LEHR, CUSI, FERNANDEZ, VERA & CATENAZZI 2023
Distribution	Peru (Junin) Type locality: puna of the Otishi National Park (12°19’23.10” S, 73°35’43.54” W; WGS84), 3248 m a.s.l., Distrito Río Tambo, Provincia Satipo, Region Junín, Peru.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype: MUSM 40925, male (field number IWU 404), Figs 4–6, collected on 22 May 2022 by E. Lehr, J. C. Cusi, M. I. Fernandez, and R. J. Vera.
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Comment
Etymology	Named after Harrison Ford, actor and conservationist, in recognition of his work for Conservation International and his voice for nature (e.g., “Nature is speaking – Harrison Ford is The Ocean”).
References	Lehr, Edgar; Jiří Moravec, Mikael Lundberg, Gunther Köhler, Alessandro Catenazzi & Jiří Šmíd, 2019. A new genus and species of arboreal lizard (Gymnophthalmidae: Cercosaurinae) from the eastern Andes of Peru. Salamandra 55 (1): 1–13 - get paper here Lehr, Edgar; Juan C. Cusi, Maura I. Fernandez, Ricardo J. Vera & Alessandro Catenazzi 2023. A new species of Tachymenoides (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Tachymenini) from the puna of the Otishi National Park in Peru. Salamandra 59 (3): 199–206 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C9970EA1-02FF-480A-8B71-731E… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/553020406922562/ Google images

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