Incaspis amaru (ZAHER, ARREDONDO, VALENCIA, ARBELÁEZ, RODRIGUES & ALTAMIRANO-BENAVIDES, 2014)
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Incaspis amaru
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| Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Philodryas amaru ZAHER, ARREDONDO, VALENCIA, ARBELÁEZ, RODRIGUES & ALTAMIRANO-BENAVIDES 2014 Incaspis amaru — ARREDONDO et al. 2020 Philodryas amaru — MELO-SAMPAIO et al. 2020 |
| Distribution | Ecuador Type locality: private land owned by Manuel Merchan, Termas de Aguas Calientes-Soldados (2°555'55'' S, 79°12'37'' W, ca. 3196 m elevation), Parroquia San Joaquín, Cantón Cuenca, Province of Azuay, Ecuador. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: USFQ 4749 (was: FHGO), adult male, collected by Ernesto Arbeláez on 6 June 2006 (Fig. 1). Paratypes. Two adult females (FHGO 6399 and FHGO 6400) collected along with the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A Philodryas that differs from all other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: Snout not acuminate anteriorly; maxilla with 14 to 15 prediastemal maxillary teeth and two ungrooved postdiastemal teeth; dorsal pattern with three stripes, one vertebral and two paravertebrals of similar width; ventral scales 184 in male (N=1) and 200 in females (N=2); subcaudal scales 119 in male and 102–112 in females; supralabial scales 7 or 8; nasal scale completely divided; loreal scale present; infralabial scales 9 or 10; dorsal scale rows 19/19/15; cloacal scale divided; dorsal scales with two apical pits; hemipenial body with a basal constriction and an asulcate surface ornamented by two parallel rows of enlarged body calyces extending from the tip of the lobes to the base of the hemipenial body. |
| Comment | Habitat: partly arboreal (Harrington et al. 2018). |
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