Emmochliophis fugleri

Emmochliophis fugleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Emmochliophis
Species:
E. fugleri
Binomial name
Emmochliophis fugleri

Emmochliophis fugleri, also known commonly as Fugler's shadow snake, the Pichincha snake, and the Pinchinda snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Ecuador.[2] This species went missing in 1969, before an individual was found in 2019 .[3]

Etymology

The specific name, fugleri, is in honor of American biologist Charles M. Fugler.[4]

Geographic range

E. fugleri is found in western mainland Ecuador, in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province.[1][2]

Description

A small snake, E. fulgeri has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of about 25 cm (9.8 in). It is black dorsally, and bluish gray ventrally. The dorsal scales are in 19 rows throughout the length of the body. The ventrals number fewer than 150.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of E. fugleri is forest, at altitudes of about 450 m (1,480 ft).[1]

Reproduction

E. fugleri is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Cisneros-Heredia DF, Yánez-Muñoz M, Valencia J (2016). "Emmochliophis fugleri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. Accessed 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Emmochliophis fugleri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2014.
  3. ^ "TheBiodiverstiyGroup PDF" (PDF).
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Pichincha Snake Emmochliophis fugleri ", p. 95).

Further reading

  • Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Genus and Species of Snake from Western Ecuador". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72 (1): 60–66. (Emmochliophis, new genus; Emmochliophis fugleri, new species).
  • Maynard RJ, Culebras J, Kohn S, Guayasamin JM, Trageser SJ (2021). "Finding a shadow in the dark: rediscovery of Fugler's Shadow Snake (Emmochliophis fugleri Fritts & Smith, 1969) after 54 years, with comments on its conservation status, distribution, and the tribe Diaphorolepidini". Check List 17 (1): 239–245.
  • Torres-Carvajal O, Pazmiño-Otamendi G, Salazar-Valenzuela D (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178).
  • Wallach V, Williams KL, Boundy J (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. xxviii + 1,209 pp. ISBN 978-1-4822-0847-4. (Emmochliophis fugleri, p. 268).



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