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GBIF·2456921speciesAnimalia13 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyColubridae
  5. ›genusSaphenophis
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Saphenophis Snake

Saphenophis sneiderni Myers, 1973

Also calledSerpiente Andina de Sneidern (spa)

First described in: Myers, Charles W. A new genus for Andean snakes related to Lygophis boursieri and a new species (Colubridae).

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Saphenophis sneiderni in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2456921.