Coniophanes

Coniophanes fissidens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Coniophanes
Species (17): C. alvarezi – C. andresensis – C. bipunctatus – C. dromiciformis – C. fissidens – C. imperialis – C. joanae – C. lateritius – C. longinquus – C. melanocephalus – C. meridanus – C. michoacanensis – C. piceivittis – C. quinquevittatus – C. schmidti – C. taeniatus – C. taylori

Name

Coniophanes Hallowell in Cope, 1860: 248

• Type species: Coronella fissidens Günther, 1858, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Glaphyrophis Jan, 1863: 304
  • Type species: Glaphyrophis pictus Jan, 1863, by subsequent designation of Bailey (1937: 5).
• Hydrocalamus Cope, 1885: 176
  • Type species: Homalopsis quinque-vittatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1860. Catalogue of the Colubridae in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 241–266. BHL Reference page. 
• Jan, G. 1863. Enumerazione sistematica degli ofidi appartenenti al gruppo Coronellidae. Archivio per la zoologia, l'anatomia e la fisiologia 2(2): 213–330. BHL Reference page. 
• Cope, E.D. [1884] 1885. Twelfth contribution to the herpetology of tropical America. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22: 167–194. Template:BHl

Additional references

• Ponce-Campos, P. & Smith, H.M. 2001. A review of the Stripeless Snake (Coniophanes lateritius) complex of Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 37(1): 10–17. BHL Reference page. 
• Flores-Villela, O. & Smith, E.N. 2009. A new species of Coniophanes (Squamata: Colubridae), from the coast of Michoacán, México. Herpetologica 65(4): 404–412. DOI: 10.1655/07-079.1 Reference page. 
• Palacios-Aguilar, R. & Flores-Villela, O. 2020. Taxonomic revision and comments on two groups of the genus Coniophanes (Squamata: Dipsadidae). Vertebrate Zoology 70(2): 111–124. DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-2-2020-02 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Coniophanes . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 16 May 2018.

Vernacular names

• English: Black-striped Snakes
• español: Culebras ventripunteadas

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