| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bolivian Blackhead, Ruthven's Burrowing Snake |
| Synonym | Apostolepis 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 |
| Distribution | Bolivia (Beni), Brazil (França et al. 2020)
Type locality: Buena Vista, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: UMMZ 64436, collected by: Jose Steinbach |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “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 | |
| Etymology | Named 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
- 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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