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Diaphorolepis laevis WERNER, 1923

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Diaphorolepidini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Colombian Frog-eating Snake 
SynonymDiaphorolepis laevis WERNER 1923: 160
Diaphorolepis laevis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 81
Diaphorolepis laevis — TIEDEMANN & HÄUPL 1994: 64
Diaphorolepis laevis — WALLACH et al. 2014: 227 
DistributionColombia

Type locality: Colombia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: NMW 14860 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (605 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentOnly known from holotype. 
EtymologyApparently from the Latin laevis for “smooth,” referring to the anterior dorsal scales. 
References
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248
  • Páez, V.P. et al. 2002. Guía de campo de algunas especies de anfibios y reptiles de Antioquia. Universidad de Antioquia, - get paper here
  • Pérez-Santos,C. & Moreno, A.G. 1988. Ofidios de Colombia. Museo reegionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monographie VI, 517 pp.
  • Pyron RA, Guayasamin JM, Peñafiel N, Bustamante L, Arteaga A 2015. Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys 541: 109-147, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.541.6058 - get paper here
  • Sheil,C.A. & Grant,T. 2001. A new species of colubrid snake (Synophis) from Western Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 35 (2): 204-209 - get paper here
  • Tiedemann,F.; Häupl,M. & Grillitsch,H. 1994. Katalog der Typen der herpetologischen Sammlung nach dem Stand vom 1. Jänner 1994. Teil II: Reptilia. Kat. wiss. Samml. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 10 (Vertebrata 4): 1-110
  • 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.
  • Werner,F. 1923. Neue Schlangen des naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Ann. naturh. Mus. Wien 36: 160-166 - get paper here
 
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