Ficimia hardyi

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

Ficimia hardyi, also known commonly as Hardy's hooknose snake, Hardy's hook-nosed snake, the Hidalgo hook-nosed snake, and nariz de gancho de Hardy in Mexican Spanish, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, hardyi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence McNeil Hardy.[3]

Geographic range

F. hardyi is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of F. hardyi are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in cultivated agave fields.[1]

Description

The holotype of F. hardyi has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 28.2 cm (11.1 in), plus a tail length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in).[2]

Behavior

F. hardyi is terrestrial and fossorial.[1]

Reproduction

F. hardyi is oviparous.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Mendoza-Quijano, F. (2007). "Ficimia hardyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T63781A12708026. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63781A12708026.en. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Species Ficimia hardyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ 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. (Ficimia hardyi, p. 116).

Further reading

  • Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
  • Hernández-Ibarra, Xóchitl; Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Torres-Cervantes, Ricardo; Hernández-Macías, Hector (1999). "Geographic Distribution. Ficimia hardyi (Hardy's Hooknose Snake)". Herpetological Review 30 (4): 235.
  • Mendoza-Quijano F, Smith HM (1993). "A New Species of Hooknose Snake, Ficimia (Reptilia, Serpentes)". Journal of Herpetology 27 (4): 406–410. (Ficimia hardyi, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
  • Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Hernández-Ibarra, Xóchitl; Torres-Cervantes, Ricardo; Smith, Hobart M. (1999). "External Morphological Variation in Hardy's Hooknose Snake Ficimia hardyi (Squamata: Colubridae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 35 (3): 81–84.



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