First records of Hypsiglena torquata (Günther, 1860) (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from María Madre Island, Nayarit, Mexico

By

Nolasco-Luna, Jose Rafael
Román, Miguel
Escobedo-Galván, Armando H.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-12-23

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1436--1441

Subjects

Islas Marías Biosphere Reserve , Morphology , Pacific Ocean , Reptiles , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.6.1436

 

Abstract

The occurrence of Hypsiglena torquata (Günther, 1860), Night Snake, on María Madre Island, which is part of the Islas Marías Archipelago Biosphere Reserve on the Pacific coast of Mexico, is confirmed through the examination of squamation. This record increases the herpetofaunal diversity of María Madre Island, the largest of the island in the Gulf of California, to 24 species: four amphibians and 20 reptiles. In addition, we provide an updated list of the herpetofauna of María Madre Island.