Fugler's Shadow Snake
Emmochliophis fugleri Fritts & Smith, 1969
Also calledCulebra de la Sombra de Fugler (spa)
First described in: Fritts, Thomas H. Smith, Hobart M. A new genus and species of snake from western Ecuador.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Description. A terrestrial snake from the Pacific Andean slopes of NW Ecuador, diagnosable by 16 maxillary teeth, 8 infralabials, 8 supralabials, 2 postoculars, internasals in contact, loreal absent, nuchal collar absent, 140 ventrals, 97 subcaudals, dorsal scales in 19 rows without reduction, strong keels, and zygapophyses expanded laterally forming rod-and-bar assembly. Type locality is surrounded by banana plantations. Little else is known about the habits or habitat of the species.
Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador
etymology
Etymology. After Dr. Charles Fugler, who collected the holotype.
Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2453806.