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Sonora punctatissima

Sonora punctatissima (Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921)

Also calledArenera de Modelo Variable (spa)

This species is in the Catalogue of Life but not yet in the 2023 GBIF backbone or on iNaturalist: most likely it was described, or split from another species, very recently. What is known so far is below.

Recorded from
Mexico (Baja California Sur: Partida Island, Espiritu Santo Island)
Also published as
Chilomeniscus punctatissimus Van Denburgh & Slevin, 1921; Chilomeniscus punctatissimus Cliff, 1954
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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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References

  • Cope, E. D. (1867). On the REPTILIA and BATRACHIA of the Sonoran Province of the Nearctic Region. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 18 [1866]: 300-314.
  • Lemos-Espinal JA, & Smith GR. (2020). A checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of Sinaloa, Mexico with a conservation status summary and comparisons with neighboring states. ZooKeys 931: 85-114.
  • Mattison, & Chris. (2007). The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton University Press.
  • Van Denburgh, J. (1895). A review of the herpetology of Lower California. Part I - Reptiles. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (2) 5: 77-163.
  • Banta, Benjamin H.;Leviton, Alan E. (1963). Remarks on the colubrid genus Chilomeniscus (Serpentes: Colubridae). Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 31 (11): 309-327.
  • Crother, B. I. (ed.). (2012). Standard Common and Current Scientific Names for North American Amphibians, Turtles, Reptiles, and Crocodilians, Seventh Edition. Herpetological Circular 39: 1-92.

From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.