Английская Википедия:Coniophanes
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Coniophanes is a genus of colubrid snakes, commonly referred to as black-striped snakes, but they also have many other common names. The genus consists of 17 species, and despite the common name, not all of them display striping.
Geographic range
Species of Coniophanes are found primarily in Mexico and Central America, but range as far north as southern Texas in the United States, and as far south as Peru in South America.
Description
Snakes of the genus Coniophanes grow to a total length (including tail) of Шаблон:Convert and are typically brown in color, with black striping down the sides and center of the back, and a red or orange underside. Some of the species, such as C. alvarezi, are solid brown.
Habitat and behavior
Coniophanes snakes are secretive burrowers. They spend most of their time digging into loose soils, forest leaf litter, or under rotting cactus. They are nocturnal, emerging from their underground retreats in the late evening to feed on frogs, lizards, small rodents, and smaller snakes.
Reproduction
Species in the genus Coniophanes are oviparous, laying clutches of up to 10 eggs in loose soil. The eggs hatch in around 40 days, depending on relative temperature and humidity. Hatchlings are about Шаблон:Convert in length.
Species
The following 17 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- C. alvarezi Шаблон:Small – Chiapan stripeless snake – Mexico
- C. andresensis Шаблон:Small – Isla San Andrés snake – Isla San Andrés, Colombia
- C. bipunctatus Шаблон:Small – two-spotted snake – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador, and Costa Rica
- C. b. bipunctatus Шаблон:Small
- C. b. biseriatus Шаблон:Small
- C. dromiciformis Шаблон:Small – Peters' running snake – Ecuador and Peru
- C. fissidens Шаблон:Small – yellowbelly snake – Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia
- C. f. convergens Шаблон:Small
- C. f. dispersus Шаблон:Small
- C. f. fissidens Шаблон:Small
- C. f. proterops Шаблон:Small
- C. f. punctigularis Шаблон:Small
- C. imperialis Шаблон:Small – black-striped snake – United States (Texas), Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras
- C. i. imperialis Шаблон:Small
- C. i. clavatus Шаблон:Small
- C. i. copei Шаблон:Small
- C. joanae Шаблон:Small – Panama
- C. lateritius Шаблон:Small – stripeless snake – Mexico
- C. longinquus Шаблон:Small – Ecuador, Peru
- C. melanocephalus Шаблон:Small – Mexico
- C. meridanus Шаблон:Small – peninsula stripeless snake – Mexico
- C. michoacanensis Шаблон:Small – Mexico
- C. piceivittis Шаблон:Small – Cope's black-striped snake – Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica
- C. p. frangivirgatus Шаблон:Small
- C. p. piceivittis Шаблон:Small
- C. quinquevittatus Шаблон:Small – five-striped snake – Mexico and Guatemala
- C. schmidti Шаблон:Small – faded black-striped snake – Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.
- C. taeniata Шаблон:Small – Cope's black-striped snake – Mexico
- C. taylori Шаблон:Small – Mexico
Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Coniophanes.
References
Further reading
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Genus Coniophanes, p. 93).
- Hallowell E (1860). In: Cope ED (1860). "Catalogue of the Colubridæ in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with notes and descriptions of new species. Part 2". Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 12: 241-266. (Coniophanes, new genus, p. 248).
External links
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- ↑ "Coniophanes ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
