Snakes of the genus Imantodes in western Mexico

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1961

By

Zweifel, Richard George, 1926-2019

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, [1959]

Notes

Title from caption.

"September 16, 1959."

"The snakes of the genus Imantodes in western Mexico (Guerrero to Sonora) previously referred to three species, I. gemmistratus oliveri, I. gracillimus, and I. latistratus, on the basis of misidentifications and other erroneous information are shown to be assignable to a single species, Imantodes gemmistratus. Two subspecies, I. g. latistratus and I. g. gracillimus, differ from each other and from other subspecies of gemmistratus in pattern and, to a lesser extent, in scutellation. Imantodes gemmistratus oliveri, formerly thought to range from Chiapas to Colima and possibly to Nayarit, occurs no farther west than the Tehuantepec area in Oaxaca. With latistratus and gracillimus reduced to subspecific status, only three species of Imantodes are known in Mexico: I. cenchoa, I. gemmistratus, and I. tenuissimus"--P. 16.

Subjects

59.81,2I(72) , Classification , Imantodes , Mexico , Reptiles , Snakes

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1961, 1959

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31831149