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{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Emmochliophis
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| authority = [[species:Thomas H. Fritts|Fritts]] & [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1969
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| subphylum = [[Vertebrata]]
| classis = [[Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Serpentes]]
| familia = [[Colubridae]]
| subfamilia = [[Dipsadinae]]
| genus = '''''Emmochliophis'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Thomas H. Fritts|Fritts]] & [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1969
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'''''Emmochliophis''''' is a [[genus]] of snakes in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Ecuador]].
'''''Emmochliophis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[snake]]s in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Colubridae]]. The genus is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Ecuador]].


==Species==
==Species==
The genus ''Emmochliophis'' contains two [[species]] which are considered valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Emmochliophis}}</ref>
The genus ''Emmochliophis'' contains two [[species]] which are considered valid.<ref>{{EMBL genus|genus=Emmochliophis}}</ref>
* ''[[Emmochliophis fugleri]]'' {{small|[[Thomas H. Fritts|Fritts]] & [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1969}}
* ''[[Emmochliophis fugleri]]'' {{small|[[species:Thomas H. Fritts|Fritts]] & [[Hobart Muir Smith|H.M. Smith]], 1969}} – Fugler's shadow snake, Pichincha snake, Pinchinda snake
** A single specimen was found in the [[Rio Manduriacu]] reserve during an amphibian and reptile survey in 2019. Only the second to be found, the first was in 1965 from lowland, humid semi-decidious forests of the [[Chocó–Darién moist forests|Ecuadorian Chocó]], in the south of [[Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas]] province.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Shadow snake rediscovered in Ecuador's rainforest |work=New Scientist |issue=3324 |date=6 March 2021 |page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pinchinda Snake |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50951446/50951451#population |website=IUCN Red List |access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref>
** A single specimen was found in the [[Río Manduriacu]] reserve during an amphibian and reptile survey in 2019. Only the second to be found, the first was in 1965 from lowland, humid semi-deciduous forests of the [[Chocó–Darién moist forests|Ecuadorian Chocó]], in the south of [[Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas]] province.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Buehler, Jake |title=Shadow snake rediscovered in Ecuador's rainforest |magazine=New Scientist |volume=249 |issue=3324 |date=6 March 2021 |page=17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pinchinda Snake |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50951446/50951451#population |website=IUCN Red List |access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Emmochliophis miops]]'' {{small|([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1898)}}
* ''[[Emmochliophis miops]]'' {{small|([[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger]], 1898)}}


''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Emmochliophis''.
''[[Nota bene]]'': A [[Binomial nomenclature|binomial authority]] in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than ''Emmochliophis''.

==Etymology==
The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''fugleri'', is in honor of American biologist Charles M. Fugler (1929–1999).<ref>[[Richard Allen "Bo" Crombet-Beolens|Beolens B]], [[Michael Watkins (zoologist)|Watkins M]], [[Michael Grayson|Grayson M]] (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (''Emmochliophis fugleri'', p. 95).</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1898). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in Western Ecuador". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' '''1898''': 107-126 + Plates X-XVIII. (''Synophis miops'', new species, p. 115 + Plate XII, figure 1).
*[[George Albert Boulenger|Boulenger GA]] (1898). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in Western Ecuador ". ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'' '''1898''': 107–126 + Plates X–XVIII. (''Synophis miops'', new species, p.&nbsp;115 + Plate XII, figure 1).
*[[:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg|Freiberg M]] (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Genus ''Emmochliophis'', p. 98).
*[[:es:Marcos Abraham Freiberg|Freiberg M]] (1982). ''Snakes of South America''. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Genus ''Emmochliophis'', p.&nbsp;98).
*[[Thomas H. Fritts|Fritts TH]], [[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith HM]] (1969). "A New Genus and Species of Snake from Western Ecuador". ''Transactions of the Kansas Acadademy of Science'' '''72''' (1): 60–66. (''Emmocliophis'', new genus; ''E. fugleri'', new species).
*[[species:Thomas H. Fritts|Fritts TH]], [[Hobart Muir Smith|Smith HM]] (1969). "A New Genus and Species of Snake from Western Ecuador". ''Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science'' '''72''' (1): 60–66. (''Emmocliophis'', new genus; ''E. fugleri'', new species).




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[[Category:Dipsadidae|Emmochliophis]]
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[[Category:Endemic fauna of Ecuador]]
[[Category:Endemic fauna of Ecuador]]




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Latest revision as of 23:13, 9 October 2023

Emmochliophis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Emmochliophis
Fritts & H.M. Smith, 1969

Emmochliophis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Ecuador.

Species[edit]

The genus Emmochliophis contains two species which are considered valid.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Emmochliophis.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Genus Emmochliophis at The Reptile Database
  2. ^ Buehler, Jake (6 March 2021). "Shadow snake rediscovered in Ecuador's rainforest". New Scientist. Vol. 249, no. 3324. p. 17.
  3. ^ "Pinchinda Snake". IUCN Red List. Retrieved 12 March 2021.

Further reading[edit]

  • Boulenger GA (1898). "An Account of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by Mr. W. F. H. Rosenberg in Western Ecuador ". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 107–126 + Plates X–XVIII. (Synophis miops, new species, p. 115 + Plate XII, figure 1).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Emmochliophis, p. 98).
  • Fritts TH, Smith HM (1969). "A New Genus and Species of Snake from Western Ecuador". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72 (1): 60–66. (Emmocliophis, new genus; E. fugleri, new species).



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