Synophis plectovertebralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Synophis plectovertebralis Sheil & Grant, 2001: 204

Holotype: UV 11858, ♀, collected by L.A. Ortega on 31 March 1995.
Type locality: “Hacienda San Pedro, about 6 km south El Queremal, Municipio Dagua, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 03°29’N, 76°42’W, at 1800 m on the Pacific versant of the Cordillera Occidental”.

Sheil, C.A. & Grant, T. 2001. A new species of colubrid snake (Synophis) from western Colombia. Journal of Herpetology 35(2): 204-209. DOI: 10.2307/1566109 Reference page.

Bolívar, W., Velasco, J. & Arredondo, J.C. 2016. IUCN: Synophis plectovertebralis (Critically Endangered). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44581867A44581870. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T44581867A44581870.en. Accessed on 27 December 2025.