Biology:Anomalepis mexicana
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Short description: Species of snake
Anomalepis mexicana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Anomalepididae |
Genus: | Anomalepis |
Species: | A. mexicana
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Binomial name | |
Anomalepis mexicana Jan, 1860
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Anomalepis mexicana is a species of snake in the Anomalepididae family.[1]
Geographic range
It is endemic to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Peru.[2]
Description
Rounded snout, moderately prominent; nostrils lateral; rostral rather small; prefrontals and frontal subequal, the former forming a median suture; supraoculars well developed; eye distinguishable under the ocular; two superposed preoculars, the lower in contact with the labials; two small suboculars; two upper labials. Total length 32 times diameter of body; tail rounded, broader than long. 22 scales around body; a pair of enlarged preanals. Reddish brown, lighter ventrally, scales with a yellowish-white border. 130 mm (inches) in total length.[3]
References
- ↑ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN:1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN:1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ↑ "Anomalepis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=209622. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ↑ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London. p. 59.
Wikidata ☰ Q2852237 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalepis mexicana.
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