New records and range extension of Trimorphodon tau Cope, 1869 (Squamata, Colubridae) in Nuevo León, México

By

Banda-Leal, Javier
Lazcano Villarreal, David
Nevárez-De Los Reyes, Manuel
Barriga-Vallejo, Carlos
Wilson, Larry David

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-2-23

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

18

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

227--231

Subjects

Lepidosis , Mexican Lyre Snake , physiographic region , range extension , Sierra Madre

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/18.1.227

 

Abstract

The distribution of Trimorphodon tau Cope, 1869 in Nuevo León, Mexico, is understood on the basis of only a few records from the municipality of Iturbide and the central portion in the municipality of Monterrey, both in the southern portion of the state. The most recent record was reported in 2020. We provide new information on specimens from the collection of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and photographic vouchers, which extend the known geographic range of this species to the northern portion of the state. We also review the scutellation in the new specimens and other specimens cited in the literature.