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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 Stenorrhina
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Stenorrhina

Scorpion Eaters, Scorpion-eating Snakes, Scorpion-hunters

Skorpionenfresser

Skorpionsnoge

1853 Stenorrhina Dumeril (type species: Stenorhina ventralis Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854)
1854 Microphis Hallowell (type species: Microphis quinqueliniatus Hallowell 1855)
1867 Bergenia Steindachner (type species: Bergenia mexicana Steindachner 1867)
Contents: 2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Distribution: S. Mexico, Central America, NW. South America.
Reported from: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.

Stenorrhina degenhardtii

South American Scorpion Eater, (Degenhardt's Scorpion Eater)

Südamerikanische Skorpionenfresser

Sydamerikansk Skorpionsnog

1846 Calamaria Degenhardtii Berthold
Stenorhina degenhardtii Cope 1876
1854 Stenorhina ventralis Duméril, Bibron & Duméril (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1860 Stenorhina kennicottiana Cope (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1867 Bergenia mexicana Steindachner
Stenorhina mexicana Taylor 1941
Stenorhina degenhardtii mexicana Smith 1943
1876 Stenorhina degenhardtii ocellata Jan

Other common names:
mexicana: Mexican Scorpion Eater
Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.


Stenorrhina degenhardtii
© Henrik Bringsøe

Stenorrhina freminvillii

Central American Scorpion Eater, Blood Snake, (Freminville's Scorpion Eater)

Zentralamerikanische Skorpionenfresser

Centralamerikansk Skorpionsnog

1854 Stenorhina freminvillii Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril
1855 Microphis quinqueliniatus Hallowell (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
Stenorhina degenhardti quinquelineata Jan 1862
1861 Stenorhina lactea Cope (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
Stenorhina freminvillii lactea Smith 1943
1876 Stenorhina degenhardtii apiata Cope (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
Stenorhina freminvillii apiata Smith 1943
1906 Geophis multitorques yucatanensis Barbour & Cole (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1906 Geophis multitorques yucatanicus Barbour & Cole (Smith & Taylor 1945)

Remarks: Several authors (e.g., Auth 1994; Pérez-Santos, Moreno & Gearhart 1993; Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988) erroneously reported freminvillii from Panama (Solís, Ibáñez & Jaramillo 1996).
Distribution: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Guerrero, Michoacan, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua.