Phalotris cuyanus (CEI, 1984)

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Elapomorphus cuyanus CEI 1984: 48 Phalotris cuyanus — FERRAREZZI 1993 Phalotris cuyanus — LEYNAUD et al. 2005 Phalotris cuyanus — WALLACH et al. 2014: 546 Phalotris cuyanus — MARTINS & LEMA 2017
Distribution	SW Argentina (in San Juan to south of Mendoza province, a semiarid region in the Subandean district.) Type locality: Los Reyunos, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, 900-1000 m elevation, area of Sierra Pintada.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: MHNSR. 300 - Un macho adulto; colectado 20-abrH-1975 por H. A. Lagiglia. Paratype: MZUF. 26124 - un macho adulto; 8 km. E Caucete, San Juan, en zona medanosa árida; colectado el 19-noviembre-1978 por J. M. Cei.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: “Un Elapomorphus de tamaño relativamente grande, caracterizado por coloración dorsal amarillo uniforme u ocre, ausencia de líneas negras longitudinales y manchas ventrales transversas; con co-llar blanco-negro nucal bien evidente.” (Cei 1984) 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 2383 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Close to P. punctatus, but without dots on dorsal coloration. (See P. punctatus). Habitat: xerophilic mountain.
Etymology	Named after Spanish Cuyo, the geopolitical region conformed by the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza in Argentina + Latin -anus, pertaining to, belonging to. [“...En base a su localización geográfica regional proponemos para la especie que a continuación describimos la denominación de: Elapomorphus cuyanus sp. nov. ...”].
References	Cei, J.M. 1984. Una nueva especie de Elapomorphus de la region de Cuyo (Colubridae, Serpentes). Boletín del Museo de Ciencias Naturales y Antropologicas Moyano, Mendoza, (4): 41-50 Ferrarezzi H. 1993. Nota sobre o genero Phalotris com revisao do grupo nasutus e descricao de tres novas especies (Serpentes, Colubridae, Xenodontinae). Mem. Inst. Butantan 55 (SUPPL. 1): 21-38. - get paper here Jansen, M; Kohler, G 2008. A new species of Phalotris from the eastern lowlands of Bolivia (Reptilia, Squamata, Colubridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88 (1): 103-110 Leynaud, Gerardo C.; Mario R. Cabrera and Paola Carrasco 2005. A survey of the southernmost representatives of the tricolor species group, genus Phalotris (Serpentes, Colubridae). Phyllomedusa 4 (2): 103-110 - get paper here Martins, L.A. & Lema, T. 2017. The distribution of Phalotris tricolor group in Argentina and Paraguay, with notes on its taxonomy (Serpentes, Elapomorphini). Neotropical Biology and Conservation 12: 100-108 - get paper here Videla, F; Moreni, J & Mayer, F; 2018. Geographic Distribution: Phalotris cuyanus. Herpetological Review 49 (4): 718-719 - 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.
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

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