Trimetopon barbouri DUNN, 1930
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Higher Taxa | Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes) |
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Common Names | E: Barbour's Tropical Ground Snake |
Synonym | Trimetopon barbouri DUNN 1930 Trimetopon barbouri — VILLA et al. 1988 Trimetopon barbouri — WALLACH et al. 2014: 743 |
Distribution | Panama (Canal Zone), Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Type locality: Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: MCZ 23877 |
Diagnosis | Description. Male: scales 15; ventrals 153; anal divided; caudals 58; oculars 1-2; temporals 1-1; two prefrontals; two nasals; supralabials 7, infralabials 8; third and fourth supralabials in contact with eye; four infralabials in contact with anterior chin shields; darkish, light below; no light collar; a stripe from eye to fifth and sixth labials; a stripe from parietal on second temporal and seventh labial; a light stripe on fifth scale row and upper half of fourth; first, second, and one-half of third rows lighter; length 260 mm., tail 65 mm (Dunn 1930: 331). |
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Etymology | Named after Thomas Barbour (1884-1946), Associate Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians (1923), and, later, Director (1927) of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. |
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