Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Colubridae Bibliography of the genus Coniophanes Biodiversity of the family Colubridae Genus Coniophanes Black-striped Snakes Schwarzstreifennattern Sortstribesnoge 1860 Coniophanes Hallowell (type species: Coronella fissidens Günther 1858) 1863 Glaphyrophis Jan (type species: Glaphyrophis pictus Jan 1863) 1885 Hydrocalamus Cope (type species: Homalopsis quinque-vittatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854) Contents: 17 species, of which 10 (58.8%) are endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: Texas, Mexico, Central America, NW. South America. Reported from: Belize, Colombia (incl. San Andres), Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia [Cayos Cochinos (Cayo Cochino Pequeño), Guanaja, Roatan, Utila]), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua (incl. Islas del Maiz [Isla Grande del Maiz]), Panama, Peru, USA (Texas). Coniophanes alvarezi Chiapan Stripeless Snake Ungestreifte Chiapas-Natter Ustribet Chiapas-snog 1989 Coniophanes alvarezi Campbell Distribution: Mexico (Chiapas). Coniophanes andresensis San Andres Yellow-bellied Snake, San Andres Ground Snake Gelbbäuchige San-Andres-Natter Gulbuget San Andres-snog 1937 Coniophanes fissidens andresensis Bailey Coniophanes andresensis Dunn & Saxe 1950 1937 Coniophanes brevifrons Bailey (Dunn & Saxe 1950; Schwartz & Henderson 1988) Remarks: Also reported from Providencia Island (Daniel 1955), but presence there needs verification. Not mentioned by Flores-Villela & Smith (2009). Regarded as a synonym of fissidens by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014). Distribution: Colombia (San Andres). Coniophanes bipunctatus Two-spotted Snake, Mottled-jaw Spot-bellied Snake Zweifleckige Schwarzstreifennatter Toplettet Sortstribesnog 1858 Coronella bipunctata Günther Coniophanes bipunctatus Cope 1866 1863 Glaphyrophis pictus Jan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) 1940 Coniophanes bipunctatus biseriatus Smith Other common names: bipunctatus: Günther's Two-spotted Snake biseriatus: Smith's Two-spotted Snake Remarks: Not mentioned for San Luis Potosi by Lemos-Espinal, Smith & Woolrich-Piña (2018). Distribution: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia [Guanaja, Roatan]), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama. Coniophanes dromiciformis Ecuadorian Black-striped Snake Ecuadorianische Schwarzstreifennatter Ecuadoriansk Sortstribesnog 1863 Tachymenis dromiciformis Peters Coniophanes dromiciformis Cope 1866 1892 Coniophanes signatus Garman (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) Remarks: Although reported from Peru (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Henle & Ehrl 1991), presence in the country is questionable (Cadle 1989). Distribution: Ecuador. Coniophanes fissidens Central American Yellow-bellied Snake, Brown Debris Snake, Brown Spotbelly Gelbbäuchige Schwarzstreifennatter Gulbuget Sortstribesnog 1858 Coronella fissidens Günther Coniophanes fissidens Cope 1860 Erythrolamprus fissidens Andersson 1901 1860 Coniophanes proterops Cope Coniophanes fissidens proterops Smith 1941 1860 Coniophanes punctigularis Cope Coniophanes fissidens punctigularis Smith 1941 1878 Dromicus chitalonensis Müller (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) 1941 Coniophanes fissidens dispersus Smith 1949 Coniophanes fissidens convergens Shannon & Smith 1960 Coniophanes fissidens obsoletus Minton & Smith 2019 Rhadinaea eduardoi Mata-Silva, Rocha, Ramírez-Bautista, Berriozabal-Islas & Wilson (syn. Palacios-Aguilar & Garcia-Vazquez 2020) Other common names: convergens: Veracruz Yellow-bellied Snake dispersus: Smith's Yellow-bellied Snake fissidens: White-lipped Spot-bellied Snake obsoletus: Puntarenas Yellow-bellied Snake proterops: Cope's Yellow-bellied Snake punctigularis: Spot-throated Lizard Eater Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama. Coniophanes fissidens © Henrik Bringsøe Coniophanes imperialis Regal Black-striped Snake, Black-banded Snake König-Schwarzstreifennatter Konge-sortstribesnog 1859 Taeniophis imperialis Baird Coniophanes imperialis Cope 1861 1863 Glaphyrophis lateralis Jan (Smith & Taylor 1945) 1864 Dromicus clavatus Peters Coniophanes imperialis clavatus Bailey 1937 1938 Coniophanes imperialis copei Hartweg & Oliver Other common names: clavatus: Red-bellied Black-striped Snake copei: Cope's Black-striped Snake imperialis: Tamaulipan Black-striped Snake Remarks: Not listed for Mexico State by Lemos-Espinal & Smith (2020). Distribution: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras (incl. Islas de la Bahia [Cayos Cochinos (Cayo Cochino Pequeño), Utila]), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), USA (Texas). Coniophanes joanae Panamanian Black-striped Snake, Panamanian Highland Snake Panamaische Schwarzstreifennatter Panamansk Sortstribesnog 1966 Coniophanes joanae Myers Distribution: Panama. Coniophanes lateritius West Mexican Stripeless Snake, (Cope's Stripeless Snake) Vestmexicanische Ungestreifte Natter Vestmexicansk Ustribet Snog 1861 Coniophanes lateritius Cope 2001 Coniophanes sarae Ponce-Campos & Smith (syn. Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2020) Remarks: Previously included melanocephala. Older records from Guerrero (e.g., Smith & Taylor 1945; Smith & Grant 1958c; Pérez-Ramos, Riva & Uribe-Peña 2000) were based on a locality in Morelos, as pointed out by Wellman (1959), however, they represent melanocephalus (Ponce-Campos & Smith 2001). Since then, however, lateritius has been recorded from Guerrero (e.g., Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2018). Older records from Colima (e.g., Duellman 1958b; Casas-Andreu 1982) were undocumented (Ponce-Campos & Smith 2001). The first verified record from the state was published by Reyes-Velasco, Hermosillo-Lopez, Grünwald & Avila-Lopez (2009). Records of lateritius from Morelos (e.g., Alcaraz-Cruz, Chávez-Juárez & Valenzuela 2004; Lemos-Espinal & Smith 2020) are tentatively regarded as representing melanocephalus, since Morelos is far outside the range of lateritius, and since melanocephalus is already known from Morelos (Ponce-Campos & Smith 2001). Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Sonora). Coniophanes longinquus Peruvian Black-striped Snake, Peruvian Running Snake, Remote Black-striped Snake Peruvianische Schwarzstreifennatter Peruviansk Sortstribesnog 1989 Coniophanes longinquus Cadle Remarks: Not mentioned by Flores-Villela & Smith (2009). Distribution: Ecuador, Peru. Coniophanes melanocephalus Black-headed Stripeless Snake Schwarzköpfige Ungestreifte Natter Sorthovedet Ustribet Snog 1869 Tachymenis melanocephala Peters Coniophanes lateritius melanocephalus Smith & Grant 1958 Coniophanes melanocephalus Ponce-Campos & Smith 2001 Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of lateritius (e.g., Smith & Taylor 1945). Revalidated by Ponce-Campos & Smith (2001). Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacan, Morelos, Puebla). Coniophanes meridanus Peninsular Stripeless Snake Mérida-Natter Mérida-snog 1936 Coniophanes meridanus Schmidt & Andrews Distribution: Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatan). Coniophanes michoacanensis Michoacan Black-striped Snake Michoacan-Schwarzstreifennatter Michoacan-sortstribesnog 2009 Coniophanes michoacanensis Flores-Villela & Smith Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Michoacan). Coniophanes piceivittis Oaxacan Black-striped Snake, (Cope's Black-striped Snake) Oaxaca-Schwarzstreifennatter Oaxaca-sortstribesnog 1869 Coniophanes piceivittis Cope Remarks: Previously included taeniatus and taylori. Records from Belize (e.g., Campbell & Vannini 1989) refer to schmidti which has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of piceivittis. Distribution: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Morelos, Oaxaca, Tabasco), Nicaragua (incl. Islas del Maiz [Isla Grande del Maiz]). Coniophanes quinquevittatus Five-striped Black-striped Snake, Striped Spot-bellied Snake, (Five-striped Snake) Fünfstreifige Schwarzstreifennatter Femstribet Sortstribesnog 1854 Homalopsis quinque-vittatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril Calopisma quinquevittatum Jan 1865 Coniophanes quinquevittatus Bailey 1939 1865 Calopisma quinquevittatum mexicana Jan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) 1871 Hydrops lubricus Cope (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan). Coniophanes schmidti Faded Black-striped Snake, (Schmidt's Black-striped Snake) Helle Schwarzstreifennatter Bleg Sortstribesnog 1937 Coniophanes schmidti Bailey Distribution: Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Yucatan). Coniophanes taeniatus Veracruz Black-striped Snake Veracruz-Schwarzstreifennatter Veracruz-sortstribesnog 1869 Tachymenis taeniata Peters Coniophanes taeniata Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2020 1950 Coniophanes frangivirgatus Peters (Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela 2020) Coniophanes piceivittis frangivirgatus Liner 1994 Other common names: frangivirgatus: Peters's Black-striped Snake Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of piceivittis (e.g., Smith & Taylor 1945). Revalidated by Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela (2020). Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz). Coniophanes taylori Guerreran Black-striped Snake, (Taylor's Black-striped Snake) Guerrero-Schwarzstreifennatter Guerrero-sortstribesnog 1951 Coniophanes piceivittis taylori Hall Coniophanes taylori Flores-Villela & Smith 2009 Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca).