Rena klauberi FLORES-VILLELA, SMITH, CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ & CAMPBELL, 2022
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Rena klauberi
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| Higher Taxa | Leptotyphlopidae, Epictinae, Epictini, Typhlopoidea, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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| Synonym | Rena klauberi FLORES-VILLELA, SMITH, CANSECO-MÁRQUEZ & CAMPBELL 2022 Leptotyphlops sp. B. — ADALSTEINSSON et al. 2009: 7 (Fig. 3), 48 (App. 1) Rena sp. B. — ADALSTEINSSON et al. 2009: 20, 31 (Fig. 12), 48 (App. 1) |
| Distribution | Mexico (Jalisco) Type locality: Mexico, Jalisco, Río Cartagena, adjacent to the road between Santa María de Los Ángeles and Bolaños, 1,602 m (21o59’0.24” N, 103o20’27.816” W). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: MZFC-HE-17047, collected by Eric Smith and Jesse Meik, on 10 June 2003. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A species of the R. dulcis group that differs from R. maxima, in having 10 rows of scales around the tail (vs. 12); from R. bressoni, R. myopica, and R. dissecta in having an undivided anterior supralabial (vs. divided); from R. dulcis in having nine scales on the dorsal surface with dark pigment (vs. seven); from R. humilis in having supraoculars (vs. absent); and by having 10 rows of scales around the tail (12 in R. humilis group members, except for R. h. segrega and R. h. tenuicula that have 10). Rena klauberi differs from all other Mexican Rena, except the holotype of R. d. iversoni, in having a darkly pigmented cloacal plate, while the remainder of the venter is immaculate (from Flores-Villela et al. 2022). |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Named after Laurence Monroe Klauber, in recognition of his valuable contributions to North American herpetology, and especially to our knowledge of the genus Leptotyphlops (= Rena) from North America. |
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