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Conophis vittatus PETERS, 1860

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Striped Road Guarder
S: Guarda Caminos Listada 
SynonymConophis vittatus PETERS 1860: 519
Conophis sumichrasti viduus COPE 1876: 137
Conophis sumichrastii sumichrastii COPE 1876: 137
Conophis vittatus — COPE 1900: 1095
Conophis vittatus sumichrastii — COPE 1900: 1095
Conophis viduus — SMITH 1939: 31
Conophis vittatus — SMITH 1939: 31
Conophis vittatus vittatus — SMITH 1941: 119
Conophis vittatus viduus — SMITH 1941: 120
Conophis vittatus viduus — SMITH 1950: 340
Conophis vittatus vittatus — ALVAREZ DEL TORO & SMITH 1956: 13
Conophis vittatus — HOGWE 1958: 53
Conophis vittatus — VILLA et al. 1988
Conophis vittatus — LINER 1994
Conophis vittatus — KÖHLER 2008: 212
Conophis vittatus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 180 
DistributionSE Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Morelos, Mexico [HR 35: 190], Puebla, Guerrero), W Guatemala

viduus: Mexico (Oaxaca); Type locality: Tehuantepec.

Type locality: see comment  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 3819
Holotype: USNM 30259 [viduus]
Lectotype: USNM 29123, designation by Smith and Taylor 1945: 44 [Conophis sumichrasti] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Chin and labial borders white, not pigmented; usually seven supralabials; first scale row not pigmented; four dark stripes on posterior part of body, the lateral stripes covering less than two scale rows, the median pair separated by a light middorsal area one and two half scale rows wide. (Smith 1941)


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CommentSubspecies: recent authors such as WALLACH et al. 2014: 178 do not recognize the subspecies viduus.

Distribution: Not listed in Liner 2007 for Mexico. Probably also in Durango. The ZMB catalogue entry for this specimen lists Guatemala as the locality and indicates that the dealer from whom the specimen had been purchased had initially given New Orleans as the point of origin [fide BAUER et al.1995]). Not in Durango fide Lemos-Espinal (2018).

Type species: Conophis vittatus PETERS 1860 is the type species of the genus Conophis PETERS 1860: 519.

Synonymy: Kaiser et al. 2013 considered the generic name Whittonserpens Hoser 2012 invalid and rejected its use instead of Conophis. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “vittatus” for ribbon, or decorated by a ribbon, referring to the dorsal stripes in the species.

The genus was named after Greek konos (κώνος), cone; pine-cone + Greek ophis (ὄφις), a serpent, snake. ["...κώνος, ὄφις…"]. 
References
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  • Alvarez DEL TORO, M. 1982. Los Reptiles de Chiapas. 3rd ed. México: Tuxtla Gutiérrez, 248 pp.
  • Álvarez DEL TORO, M., & SMITH, H. M. 1956. Notulae herpetologicae Chiapasiae. I. Herpetologica 12: 3-17 - get paper here
  • Bauer, A.M.; Günther,R. & Klipfel,M. 1995. The herpetological contributions of Wilhelm C.H. Peters (1815-1883). SSAR Facsimile Reprints in Herpetology, 714 pp.
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