Dipsas elegans (BOULENGER, 1896)
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Dipsas elegans
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Common Names | S: Caracolera subtropical |
| Synonym | Leptognathus elegans BOULENGER 1896: 452 Dipsas elegans — PARKER 1926: 206 Dipsas elegans — SMITH & TAYLOR 1945: 51 Dipsas elegans — PETERS 1960: 86 Dipsas elegans — PETERS 1965: 3 Dipsas elegans — MIYATA 1982: 16 Sibynomorphus elegans — AMARAL 1926: 9 Leptognathus maxillaris — AMARAL 1929: 29 Dipsas elegans — KOFRON 1982 Dipsas ellipsifera — KOFRON 1982 Dipsas oreas elegans — ORCÉS & ALMENDÁRIZ 1987 Dipsas elegans — CADLE 2005 Dipsas elegans — HARVEY et al. 2008 Dipsas elegans — WALLACH et al. 2014: 232 |
| Distribution | Ecuador (western versant of the Andes, inter-Andean valley of the upper Río Guayllabamba east of Quito) Type locality: unknown, see comment. |
| Reproduction | oviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946. 1. 21. 77 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: CADLE 2005 |
| Comment | Synonymy mostly after CADLE 2005. Behavior: Dipsas elegans is nocturnal. The type locality ‘‘Tehuantepec’’ [Mexico] is in error. The type locality was discussed by Kofron (1982), who concluded that the specimen must have come from Ecuador. The holotype was illustrated by Kofron (1982: Fig. 1). ORCÉS & ALMENDÁRIZ 1987: 139 unjustifiably inferred that Perucho (Pichincha Province) ‘‘could be considered the type locality (fide CADLE 2005). Habitat: fully arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
| Etymology | The name elegans (Latin) means tasteful, choice, fine, select or elegant and appears to refer to the color pattern or body shape. |
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