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black-striped snake – Mexico, Belize, Honduras, El
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807:Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada
778:was originally described in a genus other than
1152:Taxa named by Edward Hallowell (herpetologist)
774:in parentheses indicates that the species or
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717:– five-striped snake – Mexico and Guatemala
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640:– peninsula stripeless snake – Mexico
242:, but range as far north as southern
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357:– Chiapan stripeless snake – Mexico
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460:running snake – Ecuador and Peru
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342:are recognized as being valid.
393:– two-spotted snake – Mexico,
326:, laying clutches of up to 10
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597:– stripeless snake – Mexico
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371:– Isla San Andrés snake –
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234:are found primarily in
898:Coniophanes imperialis
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250:, and as far south as
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224:Coniophanes imperialis
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318:Species in the genus
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42:Coniophanes fissidens
911:The Reptile Database
677:C. p. frangivirgatus
279:Habitat and behavior
266:Snakes of the genus
201:black-striped snakes
772:trinomial authority
514:C. f. punctigularis
275:, are solid brown.
220:Black-striped snake
768:binomial authority
699:C. quinquevittatus
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945:Taxon identifiers
737:(W. Peters, 1870)
688:C. p. piceivittis
645:C. michoacanensis
620:(W. Peters, 1869)
616:C. melanocephalus
554:(W. Peters, 1864)
424:C. b. bipunctatus
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722:C. schmidti
559:C. i. copei
415:El Salvador
348:C. alvarezi
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290:. They are
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262:Description
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786:References
776:subspecies
748:C. taylori
691:Cope, 1870
667:Cope, 1870
654:E.N. Smith
595:Cope, 1862
436:H.M. Smith
419:Costa Rica
137:Dipsadinae
127:Colubridae
113:Suborder:
854:. (Genus
803:Wright AA
799:Wright AH
763:Nota bene
681:J. Peters
577:C. joanae
452:W. Peters
407:Nicaragua
395:Guatemala
324:oviparous
292:nocturnal
154:Hallowell
117:Serpentes
73:Kingdom:
67:Eukaryota
968:Q2500426
962:Wikidata
864:(1860).
842:(1982).
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757:– Mexico
658:– Mexico
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586:– Panama
399:Honduras
377:Colombia
353:Campbell
302:, small
197:commonly
190:colubrid
163:Synonyms
123:Family:
107:Squamata
97:Reptilia
87:Chordata
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77:Animalia
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389:Günther
340:species
334:Species
304:rodents
300:lizards
246:in the
205:species
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93:Class:
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244:Texas
186:genus
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