Conophis morai PÉREZ-HIGAREDA, LÓPEZ-LUNA & SMITH, 2002

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Mora's Road Guarder S: Guarda Caminos de Mora
Synonym	Conophis morai PÉREZ-HIGAREDA, LÓPEZ-LUNA & SMITH 2002 Conophis morai — WILSON et al. 2013 Conophis morai — WALLACH et al. 2014: 180
Distribution	SE Mexico (Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz) Type locality: Ejido Ruiz Cortines on the southeastern slope of San Martín Tuxtla Volcano, elevation 1050 m.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: CAR-EBTT (= IBH-LT = UNAM-LT) 3662.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Different from C. lineatus, the only other striped member of the genus on the east coast of Mexico, in having the dorsolateral and lateral dark stripes continuous and split by a white line throughout the length of body, including neck, occupying two scale rows; sublateral stripe continuous, uninterrupted except on neck; spot at ends of ventrals sharply defined, not diffuse; both dorsal and ventral edges of supralabials black; ventral surface of head mostly black, from mental to the first few ventrals; posterior edge of each ventral on anterior part of body black; rest of venter gray, with several irregular black spots on midbody ventrals (Perez-Higareda et al. 2002).
Comment	Synonymy: Listed as synonym of C. lineatus by Heimes 2016: 224 and as both valid species and synonym by Wallach et al. 2014, in both cases without justification or source.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Pérez-Higareda, Gonzalo, Marco A. López-Luna and Hobart M. Smith 2002. A new species of Conophis (Reptilia: Serpentes) from Los Tuxtlas, an area of high endemism in southern Veracruz, Mexico. Bull. Maryland Herp. Soc. 38 (1): 27-32 - get paper here Torres-Hernández, LA, Ramírez-Bautista A, Cruz-Elizalde R, Hernández-Salinas U, Berriozabal-Islas C, DeSantis DL, Johnson JD, Rocha A, García-Padilla E, Mata-Silva V, Fucsko LA, and Wilson LD. 2021. The herpetofauna of Veracruz, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 15(2) [General Section]: 72–155 - 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. Wilson, Larry David; Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson 2013. A conservation reassessment of the reptiles of Mexico based on the EVS measure. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7 (1): 1–47 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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