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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: September 8th, 2024.


Taxonomy of the family Colubridae
Bibliography of the genus Chersodromus
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Chersodromus

Earth Runners

Bodenläufer

Jordløbere

1860 Chersodromus Reinhardt (type species: Chersodromus liebmanni Reinhardt 1860)
1861 Opisthiodon Peters (type species: Opisthiodon torquatus Peters 1861)
1949 Schmidtophis Taylor (type species: Schmidtophis rubriventris Taylor 1949; syn. Williams & Wallach 1989)
Contents: 4 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz).

Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
Van Wallach
Key to abbreviations


Head drawings of the
genus Chersodromus.
Compiled by
Van Wallach

Chersodromus australis

Southern Earth Runner

Südliche Erdläufer

Sydlig Jordløber

2018 Chersodromus australis Canseco-Márquez, Ramírez-González & Campbell

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca).





Chersodromus liebmanni

Veracruz Earth Runner, (Liebmann's Earth Runner)

Veracruz-Erdläufer

Veracruz-jordløber

1860 Chersodromus Liebmanni Reinhardt
1860 Chersodromus nigricans Reinhardt (Smith & Braestrup 1963; Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1861 Opisthiodon torquatus Peters (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1900 Dirosema collare Werner (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz).


Chersodromus nigrum

Black Earth Runner

Schwarze Erdläufer

Sort Jordløber

2018 Chersodromus nigrum Canseco-Márquez, Ramírez-González & Campbell

Distribution: Mexico (Puebla).





Chersodromus rubriventris

Red-bellied Earth Runner

Rotbauch-Erdläufer

Rødbuget Jordløber

1949 Schmidtophis rubriventris Taylor
Chersodromus rubriventris Dixon & Ketchersid 1969

Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi).