Myopic Shadow Snake
Emmochliophis miops (Boulenger, 1898)
Also calledCulebra de la Sombra Miope (spa)
First described in: Boulenger, George A. An account of the reptiles and batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in western Ecuador.
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description
Description. Relatively small-sized (~ 250 mm SVL) terrestrial snake from the Pacific Andean slopes of NW Ecuador, diagnosable by 13 maxillary teeth, 8 infralabials, 8 supralabials, 1 postocular, internasals in contact, loreal absent, nuchal collar present, 145 ventrals, 93 subcaudals, dorsal scales in 19 rows without reduction, strong keels, and lateral expansion of the zygapophyses. Type locality is humid subtropical lower montane forest. Little else is known about the habits or habitat of the species. Stomach of type specimen contains remains of a gymnophthalmid lizard (Sheil 1998).
Systematics of Nothopsini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae), with a new species of Synophis from the Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador
etymology
Etymology. None given by Boulenger (1898); likely from the Greek miops for " myopia, " in reference the species' small eyes, given as diagnostic by Boulenger.
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 2453807.