Phyllorhynchus decurtatus

Phyllorhynchus decurtatus

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: Phyllorhynchus
Species: Phyllorhynchus decurtatus

Name

Phyllorhynchus decurtatus (Cope, 1868)

• Holotype: ANSP 5489, adult ♀, collected by William M. Gabb in 1867.
• Type locality: “upper part of Lower California”.

Combinations

• Phimothyra decurtata Cope, 1868: 310 [original combination]
• Salvadora decurtata — Garman, 1884: 39 [subsequent combination]
• Phyllorhynchus decurtatus — Stejneger, 1890: 154 [subsequent combination]
• Lytorhynchus decurtatus — Boulenger, 1893: 417 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Phyllorhynchus decurtatus perkinsi Klauber, 1935: 11
  • Holotype: SDNHM 23757, adult ♂, collected by L.M. Klauber on 4 May 1935.
  • Type locality: “Dry Lake, San Diego County, California”.

• Phyllorhynchus decurtatus nubilis Klauber, 1940: 197
  • Holotype: SDNHM 32493, adult ♂, collected by Lee Arnold on 16 July 1939.
  • Type locality: “Xavier (Weisner’s Ranch), Pima County, Arizona”.

• Phyllorhynchus decurtatus norrisi Smith & Langebartel, 1951: 181
  • Holotype: UIMNH 23887, subadult ♂, collected by D.A. Langebartel and R. Abbuhl on 3 July 1951.
  • Type locality: “45.1 miles south of Santa Ana, Sonora”.

• Phyllorhynchus arenicola Savage & Cliff, 1954: 69
  • Holotype: CAS-SU 14013, adult ♂, collected by Frank S. Cliff, John P. Figg-Hoblyn, Jon M. Lindbergh and Jay M. Savage on 15 April 1952.
  • Type locality: “in the sand dunes along the southwest coast of Isla Montserrate, Gulf of California, Mexico”.

• Phyllorhynchus decurtatus porelli Powers & Banta, 1974: 241
  • Holotype: NHSM R1800, subadult ♂, collected by Ismael Avilés on 15 January 1973.
  • Type locality: “southwest Cerralvo Island, Gulf of California”.

Native distribution areas

• United States: California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
• Mexico: Baja California, Sonora and Sinaloa.

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1868. Sixth contribution to the herpetology of Tropical America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 305–313. BHL
• Klauber, L.M. 1935. Phyllorhynchus, the leaf-nosed snake. Bulletins of the Zoological Society of San Diego 12: 5–30. BHL
• Klauber, L.M. 1940. Two new subspecies of Phyllorhynchus, the leaf-nosed snake, with notes on the genus. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 9: 195–214. BHL
• Smith, H.M. & Langebartel, D.A. 1951. A new geographic race of leaf-nosed snake from Sonora, Mexico. Herpetologica 7(4): 181–184. JSTOR
• Savage, J.M. & Cliff, F.S. 1954. A new snake, Phyllorhynchus arenicola, from the Gulf of California, Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 67: 69–76. BHL Reference page. 
• Powers, A.L. & Banta, B.H. 1974. Description of a Phyllorhynchus from Cerralvo Island, Gulf of California, Mexico. Great Basin Naturalist 34(3): 241–244. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Gardner, S.A. & Mendelson, J.R. 2004. Taxonomy and Geographic Variation in the Leaf-Nosed Snake Phyllorhynchus decurtatus (Squamata: Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 38(2): 187–196. DOI: 10.1670/81-03A Reference page. 

Additional references

• Murphy, R.W. & Ottley, J.R. 1980. A genetic evaluation of the leafnose snake, Phyllorhynchus arenicolus. Journal of Herpetology 14(3): 263–268. DOI: 10.2307/1563548
• Campbell, H.W. & Christman, S.P. 1982. The systematic status of Phyllorhynchus decurtatus porelli Powers and Banta. Journal of Herpetology 16(2): 182–183. DOI: 10.2307/1563815

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Phyllorhynchus decurtatus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2023.
• Frost, D.R., Hammerson, G.A. & Gadsden, H. 2007. IUCN: Phyllorhynchus decurtatus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63868A12723163. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63868A12723163.en. Accessed on 23 June 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Leaf-nosed Snake