Conopsis acuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Conopsis
Species: Conopsis acuta

Name

Conopsis acuta (Cope, 1886)

• Holotype: USNM 30552, collected by A.-L.-J.-F. Sumichrast between 1855–1869.
• Type locality: “Tuchitan, on the Pacific side of the isthmus of Tehuantepec” in error, corrected to “2 millas E Ixtlán de Juárez”, Oaxaca, Mexico, by Goyenechea & Flores-Villela (2006: 6).

Combinations

• Ogmius acutus Cope in Ferrari-Pérez, 1886: 189 [original combination]
• Toluca lineata acuta — Cope, 1886: 346 [subsequent combination]
• Chionactis diasii acutus — Cope, 1900: 943 [subsequent combination]
• Conopsis lineata acuta — Goyenechea & Flores-Villela, 2002 [subsequent combination]
• Conopsis acuta — Goyenechea & Flores-Villela, 2006: 6 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Toluca lineata wetmorei Smith, 1943: 489 [synonymised by Goyenechea & Flores-Villela (2006: 6)]
  • Holotype: USNM 110727, ♂, collected by H.M. Smith and R.B. Smith (Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship) between September 1938–August 1940.
  • Type locality: “Pan de Olla, Veracruz”, Mexico.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1886. Part III. Reptiles. pp. 182–199 In Ferrari-Pérez, F. Catalogue of animals collected by the geographical and exploring commission of the Republic of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 9: 125–199. BHL
• Smith, H.M. 1943. Summary of the collections of snakes and crocodilians made in México under the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93: 393–504. BHL
• Goyenechea, I. & Flores-Villela, O. 2002. Taxonomic status of the snake genera Conopsis and Toluca (Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 36(1): 92–95. DOI: 10.2307/1565807 JSTOR Reference page. 
• Goyenechea, I. & Flores-Villela, O. 2006. Taxonomic summary of Conopsis, Günther, 1858 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1271(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1271.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Conopsis acuta. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Cope's Earth Snake