Conopsis megalodon

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 megalodon

Name

Conopsis megalodon (Taylor & Smith, 1942)

• Holotype: UIMNH 25077 (formerly EHT-HMS 23640 & EHT-CC x-2162), collected by E.H. Taylor on 10 July 1940.
• Type locality: “summit of Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca”.

Combinations

• Toluca megalodon Taylor & Smith, 1942: 338 [original combination]
• Conopsis megalodon — Goyenechea & Flores-Villela, 2002: 94 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Toluca conica Taylor & Smith, 1942: 340 [synonymised by Goyenechea & Flores-Villela (2006: 12)]
  • Holotype: FMNH 120233 (formerly EHT-HMS 27517), ♂, collected by Thomas MacDougall in January 1941.
  • Type locality: “San Juan Guivini, Oaxaca”.

References

Primary references

• Taylor, E.H. & Smith, H.M. 1942. The snake genera Conopsis and Toluca. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28(15): 325–363. 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 megalodon. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 May 2023.
• Flores-Villela, O. 2007. IUCN: Conopsis megalodon  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63764A12707046. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63764A12707046.en. Accessed on 29 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: San Felipe Ground Snake