Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
July 22nd, 2024.
 
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Genus
Ninia
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Coffee Snakes
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Kaffeenattern
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Kaffesnoge
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1853 |  |
Ninia Girard (type species: Ninia diademata Baird & Girard 1853) |
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Streptophorus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril (type species: Streptophorus bifasciatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854) |
Contents:
14 species, of which 3 (21.4%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Distribution:
Mexico, Central America, South America.
Reported from:
Belize,
Brazil
(Acre,
Mato Grosso,
Rondonia),
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Guyana,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Hidalgo,
Jalisco,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Queretaro,
Quintana Roo,
San Luis Potosi,
Tabasco,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Nicaragua,
Panama,
Peru,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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Ninia atrata
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Red-naped Coffee Snake, Variable Coffee Snake
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Rotnacken-Kaffeenatter
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Rødnakket Kaffesnog
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1845 | |
Coluber atratus Hallowell [not Coluber atratus Gmelin 1788 (see ICZN 1963 (Opinion 644)] |
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Ninia atrata Cope 1860 |
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1854 | |
Streptophorus Drozii Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1854 | |
Streptophorus Lansbergi Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
Remarks:
Previously included the populations now assigned to guytudori, schmidti, and teresitae.
Records of atrata from Ecuador refer to these three species (Arteaga & Harris 2023).
Records from Costa Rica refer to celata (Savage & Bolaños 2009).
Records from El Salvador and Honduras refer to espinali (Savage 2002).
Distribution:
Colombia,
Panama,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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Ninia celata
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Pale-collared Coffee Snake
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Hellbändige Kaffeenatter
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Lysbåndet Kaffesnog
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1995 | |
Ninia celata McCranie & Wilson |
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Panama.
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Ninia diademata
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Ring-necked Coffee Snake, Black Coffee Snake
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Gewöhnliche Diadem-Kaffeenatter
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Almindelig Diadem-kaffesnog
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1853 | |
Ninia diademata Baird & Girard |
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1854 | |
Streptophorus bifasciatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Smith & Taylor 1945) |
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1942 | |
Ninia diademata plorator Smith |
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1954 | |
Ninia diademata nietoi Burger & Werler |
Other common names:
diademata: Veracruz Ring-necked Coffee Snake
nietoi: Caribbean Ring-necked Coffee Snake
plorator: Hidalgo Ring-necked Coffee Snake
Remarks:
Previously included labiosa.
Distribution:
Belize,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Hidalgo,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Queretaro,
San Luis Potosi,
Tabasco,
Veracruz).
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Ninia espinali
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Honduran Dark Coffee Snake
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Honduranische Kaffeenatter
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Honduransk Kaffesnog
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1995 | |
Ninia espinali McCranie & Wilson |
Distribution:
El Salvador,
Honduras.
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Ninia franciscoi
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Arima Coffee Snake
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Arima-Kaffeenatter
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Arima-kaffesnog
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2014 | |
Ninia franciscoi Angarita-Sierra |
Distribution:
Trinidad & Tobago
(Trinidad).
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Ninia guytudori
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Pichincha Coffee Snake, (Tudors's Coffee Snake)
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Pichincha-Kaffeenatter
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Pichincha-kaffesnog
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2023 | |
Ninia guytudori Arteaga & Harris |
Distribution:
Ecuador.
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Ninia guytudori
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Ninia hudsoni
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Guyana White-collared Coffee Snake
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Weisskragen-Kaffeenatter
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Hvidkravet Kaffesnog
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1940 | |
Ninia hudsoni Parker |
Remarks:
Not mentioned for Surinam by Kuijpers (2024).
Distribution:
Brazil
(Acre,
Mato Grosso,
Rondonia),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam.
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Ninia labiosa
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Pacific Ring-necked Coffee Snake
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Pazifische Diadem-Kaffeenatter
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Pacifisk Diadem-kaffesnog
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1883 | |
Streptophorus labiosus Bocourt |
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Ninia diademata labiosa Amaral 1930 |
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Ninia labiosa Angarita-Sierra 2014 |
Remarks:
Not listed for Veracruz by Torres-Hernandez, Ramirez-Bautista, Cruz-Elizalde, Hernandez-Salinas, Berriozabal-Islas, DeSantis, Johnson, Rocha, Garcia-Padilla, Mata-Silva, Fucsko & Wilson (2021).
Distribution:
Guatemala,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Veracruz).
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Ninia maculata
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Spotted Coffee Snake, Spotted Woodsnake
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Gefleckte Kaffeenatter
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Plettet Kaffesnog
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1861 | |
Streptophorus maculatus Peters |
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Ninia maculata Dunn 1935 |
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1876 | |
Ninia sebae tessellata Cope |
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Ninia maculata tessellata Burger 1954 |
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1910 | |
Streptophorus subtessellatus Werner (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Ninia pavimentata
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Guatemalan Coffee Snake
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Guatemalische Kaffeenatter
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Guatemalansk Kaffesnog
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1883 | |
Streptophorus maculatus pavimentatus Bocourt |
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Ninia maculata pavimentata Stuart 1948 |
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Ninia pavimentata Smith & Campbell 1996 |
Distribution:
Guatemala,
Honduras.
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Ninia psephota
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Checkered Coffee Snake
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Schachbrett-Kaffeenatter
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Broget Kaffesnog
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1876 | |
Catostoma psephotum Cope |
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Ninia psephota Dunn 1935 |
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1954 | |
Ninia cerroensis Taylor (Savage & Lahanas 1991) |
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1910 | |
Streptophorus oxynotus Werner (Savage & Lahanas 1991) |
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Ninia oxynota Taylor 1951 |
Distribution:
Costa Rica,
Panama.
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Ninia schmidti
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Guayaquil Coffee Snake, (Schmidt's Coffee Snake)
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Guayaquil-Kaffeenatter
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Guayaquil-kaffesnog
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Streptophorus sebae Schmidti Jan 1862 |
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Ninia schmidti Arteaga & Harris 2023 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a synonym of atrata (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970).
Revalidated as a separate species by Arteaga & Harris (2023).
Distribution:
Ecuador.
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Ninia sebae
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Red-backed Coffee Snake, Red Coffee Snake
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Rotrücken-Kaffeenatter
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Rødrygget Kaffesnog
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1854 | |
Streptophorus sebae Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril |
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Ninia sebae Dunn 1935 |
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1855 | |
Elapoides fasciatus Hallowell (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1862 | |
Streptophorus sebae collaris Jan (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1883 | |
Streptophorus maculatus tessellatus Bocourt [not Ninia sebae tessellata Cope 1860] (Smith & Taylor 1945) |
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1883 | |
Streptophorus sebae dorsalis Bocourt (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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1883 | |
Streptophorus sebae punctulata Bocourt |
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Ninia sebae punctulata Schmidt & Rand 1957 |
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1936 | |
Ninia sebae morleyi Schmidt & Andrews |
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1957 | |
Ninia sebae immaculata Schmidt & Rand |
Other common names:
morleyi: Yucatan Red-backed Coffee Snake
punctulata: Bocourt's Red-backed Coffee Snake
sebae: Common Red-backed Coffee Snake
Remarks:
Although included for Jalisco by Cruz-Sáenz, Guerrero, Lazcano & Télles-López (2009), presence in the state is considered undocumented herein, following
Cruz-Sáenz, Muñoz-Nolasco, Mata-Silva, Johnson, García-Padilla & Wilson (2017), who did not list the species for Jalisco.
Distribution:
Belize,
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Campeche,
Chiapas,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Ninia sebae
© Rune Midtgaard
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Ninia teresitae
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Tumaco Coffee Snake
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Tumaco-Kaffeenatter
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Tumaco-kaffesnog
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2017 | |
Ninia teresitae Angarita-Sierra & Lynch |
Distribution:
Colombia,
Ecuador.
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Ninia teresitae
© Henrik Bringsøe
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