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Ninia espinali MCCRANIE & WILSON, 1995

IUCN Red List - Ninia espinali - Near Threatened, NT
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Higher TaxaColubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymNinia espinali MCCRANIE & WILSON 1995
Ninia espinali — WALLACH et al. 2014: 486 
DistributionHonduras, El Salvador (HR 33: 325), elevation 1590-2242 m.

Type locality: El Portillo de Ocotepeque (14° 28’ N, 89° 04’ W), 1910 m elevation, Departamento de Ocotepeque, Honduras.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: USNM 333030 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Mario R. Espinal, a Honduran biologist. 
References
  • Angarita-Sierra, Teddy 2014. Hemipenial Morphology in the Semifossorial Snakes of the Genus Ninia and a New Species from Trinidad, West Indies (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) . South American J. Herp. 9 (2): 114-130 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Köhler, G. 2008. Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 pp.
  • McCranie J R 2011. The snakes of Honduras. SSAR, Salt Lake City, 725 pp.
  • Mccranie, J.R. & L.D. Wilson 1995. Two new species of Colubrid snakes of the genus Ninia from central America. Journal of Herpetology 29 (2): 224-232 - get paper here
  • McCranie, James R. 2015. A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with additions, comments on taxonomy, some recent taxonomic decisions, and areas of further studies needed. Zootaxa 3931 (3): 352–386 - get paper here
  • Solís, J. M., L. D. Wilson, and J. H. Townsend. 2014. An updated list of the amphibians and reptiles of Honduras, with comments on their nomenclature. Mesoamerican Herpetology 1: 123–144 - get paper here
  • 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.
  • Wilson, L.D. & McCranie, J.R. 2003. The herpetofauna of the cloud forests of Honduras. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 3 (1): 34-48 - get paper here
 
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