Emmochliophis miops (BOULENGER, 1898)
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Emmochliophis miops
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Diaphorolepidini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Synophis miops BOULENGER 1898: 115 Emmochliophis miops — HILLIS 1990 Emmochliophis miops — WALLACH et al. 2014: 268 |
| Distribution | W Ecuador, Colombia (Cauca: Cordillera Occidental) Type locality: “Paramba” [= Parambas, Imbabura, Ecuador, fide Lynch and Duellman 1997] |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 1946.1.12.30 |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis (n=3, 1 male and 2 females): Emmochliophis miops is distinguished from E. fugleri and other species of Diaphorolepidini by the following combination of characters: (1) intervertebral scale row single keeled; (2) dorsal scales keeled, in 19|19|19 rows; (3) prefrontals fused, in contact with supralabials; (4) loreal absent; (5) preoculars 1 or 2; (6) postoculars 1 or 2; (7) temporals 1+2; (8) supralabials 8, 4th and 5th in contact with orbit; (9) infralabials 8, first four in contact with first pair of chinshields; (10) ventrals 141 in male, 137 in females; (11) subcaudals more than 62 in males, 90 and 94 in females; (12) maxillary teeth 13–15; (13) dorsum dark gray with white nuchal collar after few months of preservation, and brown with a cream nuchal collar in holotype (Figures 1–2); (14) venter grayish after preservation, and cream in holotype; (15) chin tubercles present in males and juvenile females but absent in adult females (Figure 3); (16) hemipenis bilobed, semicalyculate, and semicapitate with a lateral naked pocket at base of organ (Figure 4 in Vera-Pérez et al. 2020). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1579 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Known from only 3 specimens. Diet: gymnophthalmid lizards (Pyron et al. 2016). |
| Etymology | Likely from the Greek miops for “myopia,” in reference the species’ small eyes, given as diagnostic by Boulenger. |
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