Biology:Ninia

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Short description: Genus of snakes


Ninia
Ninia atrata.jpg
Ninia atrata, Hallowell's coffee snake
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Ninia
Baird & Girard, 1853

Ninia is a genus of snakes, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, in the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus consists of 12 species that are native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on the Caribbean islands.[1]

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species:[1][2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Ninia atrata.jpg Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845) Hallowell's coffee snake southern Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago
Ninia celata McCranie & Wilson, 1995 Costa Rica; Panama
Ninia diademata Baird & Girard, 1853 ringneck coffee snake Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico
Ninia espinali McCranie & Wilson, 1995 Espinal's coffee snake El Salvador; Honduras
Ninia franciscoi Angarita-Sierra, 2014 Simla coffee snake Trinidad
Ninia hudsoni 250508001.jpeg Ninia hudsoni Parker, 1940 Guiana coffee snake, Hudson's coffee snake Guiana, Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Tambopata, Madre de Dios), Brazil (Rondônia), SW Colombia
Ninia maculata (W. Peters, 1861) Pacific banded coffee snake, spotted coffee snake Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
Ninia pavimentata (Bocourt, 1883) northern banded coffee snake Guatemala
Ninia psephota (Cope, 1876) red-bellied coffee snake, Cope's coffee snake Panama, Costa Rica
Ninia-sebae-fainting.jpg Ninia sebae (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) redback coffee snake, culebra de cafetal espalda roja Mexico and Central America.
Ninia teresitae.jpg Ninia teresitae Angarita-Sierra & Lynch, 2017 Colombia; Ecuador
Ninia guytudori Angarita-Sierra & Arteaga, 2023 Ecuador

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.

References

Further reading

  • Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: xvi + 172 pp. (Ninia, new genus, pp. 49–50).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Genus Ninia, p. 104).

Wikidata ☰ Q3061222 entry