Coniophanes longinquus CADLE, 1989
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Coniophanes longinquus
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Coniophanes longinquus CADLE 1989: 412 Coniophanes longinquus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 177 |
| Distribution | Ecuador, Peru Type locality: "1 km (airline) NNW Monte Seco, approximately 80 km ESE Chiclayo, 1300-1340 m elevation, Río Zaña, Department of Cajamarca, Peru." |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: FMNH 231779, a 336 mm male (J.E. Cadle, 22 June 1987). Paratypes (n=10): FMNH, MHNJP (Peru), |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=11). Coniophanes longinquus is a member of the genus Coniophanes Hallowell by virtue of the following combination of characters. A small colubrid snake with smooth dorsal scales, without pits, in 17 rows anteriorly, reducing to 15 posteriorly by loss of paravertebral rows. The anal and subcaudal plates are divided, the head scutellation is of the "normal" colubrid complement, the pupil is round, and the head is slightly distinct from the neck. The hemipenis is unicapitate, bilobed and calyculate distally, and the sulcus spermaticus divides within the capitulum. The maxillary teeth are followed by a gap and two enlarged, deeply grooved fangs. The body pattern includes stripes. Superficially Coniophanes longinquus resembles some species of Rhadinaea but differs from the latter in having grooved rear maxillary teeth and posterior dorsal scale row reductions involving the paravertebral rows [dorsal scale rows in Rhadinaea usually do not undergo reduction, but when it occurs lateral rows are involved; grooved maxillary teeth appear in Rhadinaea only in some individuals of R. guentheri (Myers, 1974)]. No other colubrid genus from the New World has the combination of features observed in the new species. (Cadle 1989) Additional details (4082 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Latin longinquus, far removed, far off, remote, distant. [“...The specific epithet, Iongnquus, a Latin adjective meaning outlying or remote, refers to the outlying geographic position of the species relative to other species of Coniophanes...”]. (from Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., May 2024) |
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