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Coniophanes longinquus CADLE, 1989

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymConiophanes longinquus CADLE 1989
Coniophanes longinquus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 177 
DistributionEcuador, Peru

Type locality: "1 km (airline) NNW Monte Seco, approximately 80 km ESE Chiclayo, 1300-1340 m elevation, Río Zaña, Department of Cajamarca, Peru."  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: FMNH 231779, a 336 mm male (J.E. Cadle, 22 June 1987). 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed 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) 
References
  • Cadle J E 1989. A new species of Coniophanes (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northwestern Peru. Herpetologica 45 (4): 411-424 - get paper here
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D. 2019. Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich portal, with a dynamic checklist and photographic guides. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1): [General Section]: 209–229 (e178) - 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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