Pseudalsophis elegans (TSCHUDI, 1845)
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Alsophiini, Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
Subspecies | Pseudalsophis elegans elegans (TSCHUDI 1845) Pseudalsophis elegans rufodorsatus (GÜNTHER 1858) |
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Synonym | Lygophis elegans TSCHUDI 1845: 164 Dryophylax freminvillei DUMÉRIL, BIBRON & DUMÉRIL 1854: 1115 Coronella elegans — GÜNTHER 1858: 38 Philodryas freminvillei — JAN 1863 Dryophylax elegans — COPE 1878: 34 Philodryas elegans — BOULENGER 1896: 133 Tachymenis elongata DESPAX 1910: 373 Philodryas elegans elegans — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 315 Tachymenis elongata — WALKER 1945 Philodryas elegans — PETERS et al. 1970: 242 Tachymenis elongata — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 290 Pseudalsophis elegans — ZAHER et al. 2009 Alsophis elegans — PYRON & BURBRINK 2013 Pseudalsophis elegans — WALLACH et al. 2014: 595 Tachymenis elongata — WALLACH et al. 2014: 695 Pseudalsophis elegans rufodorsatus (GÜNTHER 1858) Dromicus rufodorsatus GÜNTHER 1858: 130 Tachymenis canilatus COPE 1868: 104 Lygophis poecilostomus COPE 1876: 180 Dryophylax vitellinus COPE 1877: 33 Tachymenis surinamensis DUNN 1922: 220 (fide MYERS & HOOGMOED 1974) Philodryas elegans rufidorsatus [sic] — SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943: 315 Chlorosoma elegans — COCHRAN 1961: 216 Tachymenis surinamensis — PETERS & OREJAS-MIRANDA 1970: 291 Tachymenis surinamensis — CLAESSEN 2005 Alsophis elegans rufodorsatus — VENEGAS 2005 |
Distribution | Ecuador, Peru, Chile Type locality: Peru (Montañas de Uruamba and vicinity of Lima); restricted to Lima, Peru by SCHMIDT & WALKER 1943. Tachymenis elongata: Peru; Type locality: Tablazo de Payta, Peru, elevation 30 m. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Lectotype: MNHN-RA 7630 (designated by THOMAS & INEICH 1999) Holotype: MCZ 5133, juvenile male (cited as no. "5123" in the original description); paratype: FMNH 65343, juvenile female [surinamensis] Holotype: USNM 12351 [Tachymenis canilatus] Syntypes: BMNH, Gardiner & Haslar collection (4 specimens) [rufodorsatus] Holotype: MNHN-RA 1906.0254, a 450 mm specimen (Dr Rivet, 1902-1906) [Tachymenis elongata] |
Diagnosis | |
Comment | Synonymy: partly after Schmidt & Walker 1943: 315, Cochran 1961: 216, Wallach et al. 2014: 595. Myers & Hoogmoeed 1974 suggested that Tachymenis elongata DESPAX 1910 is a synonym of Philodryas elegans (= Pseudalsophis elegans), which we follow here. However, there are only 3 specimens known, hence this remains somewhat uncertain. Type species: Lygophis elegans TSCHUDI 1845 is the type species of the genus Pseudalsophis ZAHER et al. 2009. Distribution: Tachymenis surinamensis was described from Surinam (Type locality: Surinam). It is unclear whether these specimens were from Surinam. Myers & hoogmoed consider the locality as erroneous. |
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