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Mexico has about 396 species of snakes, grouped into 10 families. [4] The majority of snakes belong to the families of the dipsadidae (Dipsadidae) with 130 species and the colubrids (Colubridae) with 134 species, followed by the viperids (Viperidae) (59 species) and the elapids (Elapidae) (19 species).
Bogert, C.M. 1939. "A Study of the Genus Salvadora, the Patch-nosed Snakes". Publ. Univ. California at Los Angeles 1: 177-236. Bogert, C.M. "Two additional races of the patch-nosed snake, Salvadora hexalepis". American Mus. Novitates (1285): 1-14. (Salvadora hexalepis klauberi and Salvadora hexalepis mojavensis, new subspecies) Cope, E.D. 1866 ...
Mexican vine snakes disappear in their natural habitat; their cryptic morphology provides them with highly effective camouflage. The body is laterally compressed. [4] The snout is prominent, its length more than two times the diameter of the eye. There is 1 preocular, and there are 2 postoculars.
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This species occupies rocky areas and places lush with vegetation in various regions of the Sonora Desert, Northwestern Sinaloa, Mexico, and small parts of Arizona.Recent evidence suggests that species found within Arizona, despite their dark markings, are actually a cross between the Mexican black Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula nigrita), the California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae), or ...
The species C. basiliscus is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2001). [1] Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because they are unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The trend for this species was stable when assessed ...
The wait is over. There's new additions to the families of rattlesnakes in a Colorado mega-den.. The northern Colorado rattlesnake den complex, described as a "mega-den," is one of two monitored ...
Pretty much all of the really impressive “biggest snakes in the world”—the 50-footers and up—live online or in Hollywood. In 2017, the body of a palm fruit farmer in Indonesia was found ...