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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 Conopsis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Conopsis

Mexican Earth Snakes

Mexikanische Erdnattern

Mexicanske Jordsnoge

1858 Conopsis Günther (type species: Conopsis nasus Günther 1858)
1859 Toluca Kennicott (type species: Toluca lineata Kennicott 1859; syn. Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2002 2006)
1862 Achyrhina Jan (type species: Achyrhina de filippi Jan (=Toluca lineata Kennicott 1859); syn. Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
1862 Epirhina Jan (type species: Epirhina tessellata Jan 1862; syn. Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
1862 Exorhina Jan (type species: Exorhina maculata Jan 1862; syn. Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
1862 Oxyrhina Jan (not Oxyrhina #) (type species: Oxyrhina varians Jan 1862; syn. Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
1869 Ogmius Cope [substitute name for Oxyrhina Jan 1862]
Contents: 6 species, all of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Other common names:
Toluca: Tolucan Ground Snakes
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Colima, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas).

Conopsis acuta

Spotted Tolucan Earth Snake

Gefleckte Toluca-Erdnatter

Plettet Toluca-jordsnog

1886 Ogmius acutus Cope
Toluca lineata acuta Cope 1886
Chionactis diasii acutus Cope 1900
Conopsis lineata acuta Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2002
Conopsis acuta Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006
1943 Toluca lineata wetmorei Smith (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
Conopsis lineata wetmorei Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2002

Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz).


Conopsis amphisticha

Twin-spotted Tolucan Earth Snake

Zweifleckiger Toluca-Erdnatter

Dobbeltplettet Toluca-jordsnog

1945 Toluca amphisticha Smith & Laufe
Conopsis amphisticha Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2002
Conophis amphisticha [lapsus?] Casas-Andreu, Mendez-de la Cruz & Aguilar-Miguel 2004

Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca).


Conopsis biserialis

Two-lined Mexican Earth Snake

Zweistreifige Mexicanische Erdnatter

Tostribet Mexicansk Jordsnog

1942 Conopsis biserialis Taylor & Smith

Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Puebla, Queretaro).


Conopsis lineata

Lined Tolucan Earth Snake

Gestreifte Toluca-Erdnatter

Stribet Toluca-jordsnog

1859 Toluca lineata Kennicott
Conopsis lineatus Bocourt 1883
Conophis lineatus [lapsus?] Casas-Andreu, Mendez-de la Cruz & Aguilar-Miguel 2004
1862 Oxyrhina de Filippii Jan (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
1862 Oxyrhina varians Jan (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
Ogmius varians Sumichrast 1873
Conopsis varians Bocourt 1883
Chionactis varians Cope 1896
Toluca lineata varians Taylor & Smith 1943
Conopsis lineata varians Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2002
1886 Chionactis diasii Cope (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)

Other common names:
acuta: Spotted Tolucan Earth Snake
lineata: Common Lined Tolucan Earth Snake
varians: Lineless Tolucan Earth Snake
wetmorei: Wetmore's Tolucan Earth Snake
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas).


Conopsis megalodon

San Felipe Earth Snake

San-Felipe-jordsnog

San Felipe-jordsnog

1942 Toluca megalodon Taylor & Smith
Conopsis megalodon Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2002
1942 Toluca conica Taylor & Smith (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
Conopsis toluca Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2002
Conophis conica Casas-Andreu, Mendez-de la Cruz & Aguilar-Miguel 2004 (lapsus?)

Other common names:
conica: Large-blotched Tolucan Earth Snake
Distribution: Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca).


Conopsis nasus

Large-nosed Earth Snake, Cone-nosed Snake

Kegelschnauzen-Erdnatter

Keglesnudet Jordsnog

1858 Conopsis nasus Günther
Contia nasus Boulenger 1894
1862 Epirhina tessellata Jan (Smith & Taylor 1945)
1862 Oxyrhina maculata Jan (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
Conopsis maculatus Cope 1884
1869 Oxyrhina maculata anomala Dugès (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
1930 Conopsis nasus heliae Cuesta Terrón (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
1961 Conopsis nasus labialis Tanner (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)
1961 Gyalopion atavus Leviton & Banta (Goyenechea & Flores-Villela 2006)

Other common names:
labialis: Chihuahuan Earth Snake
nasus: Plateau Mexican Earth Snake
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas).