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Manolepis putnami (JAN, 1863)

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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Ridgehead Snake
S: Culebra de Escamas Delgadas 
SynonymDromicus putnami JAN 1863: 67
Tomodon nasutus COPE 1864: 166
Dromicus putnami — GARMAN 1884: 59
Manolepis nasutus — COPE 1885: 176
Manolepis putnamii — COPE 1900: 1092
Manolepis nasutus — SMITH 1942
Manolepis putnami — LINER 1994
Manolepis putnami — LINER 2007
Manolepis putnami — WALLACH et al. 2014: 425
Manolepis putmani — RAMÍREZ-RAMÍREZ et al. 2023 (in error) 
DistributionSE Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Nayarit)

nasutus: Oaxaca, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco

Type locality: St Blas Jalisco West Coast, Mexico, 21.55°, -105.24° (NAD27)  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: MCZ R-824
Holotype: USNM 31478 [Tomodon nasutus] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3285 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentColor plate 63 in VILLA et al. 1988.

Type species: Dromicus putnami JAN 1863: 67 is the type species of the genus Manolepis COPE 1885.

Diet: lizards 
EtymologyNamed after Frederic Ward Putnam (1839-1915), an anthropologist and naturalist. He went to Harvard (1856) and studied under Louis Agassiz.

The genus was probably named after Greek manos (μανός), loose, porous; few, scanty + Greek lepis (λεπίς), a scale. 
References
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  • Woolrich-Piña, Guillermo A, Paulino Ponce-Campos, Jesús Loc-Barragán, Juan Pablo Ramírez-Silva, Vicente Mata-Silva, Jerry D. Johnson, Elí García-Padilla and Larry David Wilson. 2016. The herpetofauna of Nayarit, Mexico: composition, distribution, and conservation status. Mesoamerican Herpetology 3 (2): 376-448 - get paper here
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