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Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: August 22nd, 2022.


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








Genus
Scaphiodontophis

Neck-banded Snakes, American Many-toothed Snakes, Shovel-toothed Snakes

Amerikanische Vielzahnnattern

Skovltandssnoge

1943 Scaphiodontophis Taylor & Smith (type species: Enicognathus annulatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854)
Contents: 2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Some of the most variable snake species in the world, in terms of pattern, a fact that previously led zoologists to regard it as a complex of several species, although the genus previously has been considered monotypic.
Distribution: E. Mexico, Central America, NW. South America.
Reported from: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama.

Scaphiodontophis annulatus

Northern Neck-banded Snake, Skink Eater, Shovel-toothed Snake, Half Coral Snake

Nördliche Vielzahnnatter

Nordlig Skovltandssnog

1854 Enicognathus annulatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril
Polyodontophis annulatus Boulenger 1893
Sibinophis annulatus Ditmars 1934
Scaphiodontophis annulatus Taylor & Smith 1943
1936 Sibynophis annulatus hondurensis Schmidt (syn. Lynch in Smith & Taylor 1966)
Scaphiodontophis annulatus hondurensis Taylor & Smith 1943
1943 Scaphiodontophis nothus Taylor & Smith (syn. Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986)
Scaphiodontophis zeteki nothus Alvarez del Toro & Smith 1958
Scaphiodontophis annulatus nothus Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986
1943 Scaphiodontophis albonuchalis Taylor & Smith (syn. Alvarez del Toro & Smith 1958; Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1943 Scaphiodontophis carpicinctus Taylor & Smith (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
1943 Scaphiodontophis cyclurus Taylor & Smith (syn. Alvarez del Toro & Smith 1958; Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Other common names:
annulatus: Guatemalan Neck-banded Snake
nothus: Eastern Neck-banded Snake
Remarks: Previously included venustissimus. Records from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and some older records from Nicaragua refer to venustissimus (Köhler 2008; Savage & Bolaños 2009). Pérez-Santos & Moreno (1988) listed dugandi as a separate species. Pérez-Santos, Moreno & Gearhart (1993) listed zeteki as a separate species.
Distribution: Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua.


Scaphiodontophis venustissimus

Southern Neck-banded Snake, Common Neck-banded Snake

Südliche Vielzahnnatter

Sydlig Skovltandssnog

1894 Henicognathus venustissimus Günther
Sibynophis venustissimus Dunn 1930
Scaphiodontophis venustissimus Taylor & Smith 1943
Scaphiodontophis annulatus venustissimus Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986
1930 Sibynophis zeteki Dunn (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
Scaphiodontophis zeteki Taylor & Smith 1943
Scaphiodontophis annulatus zeteki Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986
1969 Scaphiodontophis dugandi Roze (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
Scaphiodontophis annulatus dugandi Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986

Remarks: Revalidated as a separate species by McCranie (2006b), although considered such earlier by some authors (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988).
Distribution: Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.