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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 Conophis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Conophis

Road Guarders

Zentralamerikanische Streifennattern

Vejvogtere

1860 Conophis Peters (type species: Conophis vittatus Peters 1860)
1883 Eudromus Garman (type species: Tomodon lineatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854)
Contents: 3 species, of which 1 (33.3%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously included Crisantophis.
Distribution: S. Mexico, Central America.
Reported from: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua.

Conophis lineatus

Central American Road Guarder, Many-lined Snake, Lizard Killer

Gewöhnliche Streifennatter

Centralamerikansk Vejvogter

1854 Tomodon lineatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril
Conophis lineatus Cope 1871
1866 Conophis concolor Cope (McCranie 2011)
Conophis lineatus concolor Smith 1941
1869 Conophis pulcher Cope (Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
1886 Conophis pulcher similis Bocourt (Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
1900 Conophis lineaticeps Cope (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1941 Conophis lineatus similis Smith [not Conophis pulcher similis Bocourt 1886]
1941 Conophis pulcher plagosus Smith (Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014)
1942 Conophis lineatus dunni Smith

Other common names:
concolor: Peninsular Road Guarder
dunni: Dunn's Road Guarder
lineatus: Lined Road Guarder
pulcher: Beautiful Road Guarder
Remarks: Pérez-Higareda, López-Luna & Smith (2002) revalidated concolor as a separate species, however, McCranie (2011, 2015) did not accept this arrangement and retained concolor as a synonym of lineatus, pending further studies, followed by Wallach, Williams & Boundy (2014). Although reported from Colombia by Pérez-Santos & Moreno (1988), presence in the country needs confirmation, according to the strongly critical review of this work by Cadle (1992), in which he points out the considerable amount of unverifiable information presented by these authors. Although reported also from Panama (Auth 1994), presence in the country is unconfirmed (Solís, Ibáñez & Jaramillo 1996). 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. Not listed for Distrito Federal by Lemos-Espinal & Smith (2020). Not listed for Mexico State by Lemos-Espinal & Smith (2020).
Distribution: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Distrito Federal, Mexico State, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan), Nicaragua.


Conophis morai

Veracruz Road Guarder, (Mora's Road Guarder)

Veracruz-Streifennatter

Veracruz-vejvogter

2002 Conophis morai Pérez-Higareda, López-Luna & Smith

Remarks: McCranie (2011) questioned the validity of morai.
Distribution: Mexico (Veracruz).


Conophis vittatus

Striped Road Guarder

Guatemalische Streifennatter

Stribet Vejvogter

1860 Conophis vittatus Peters
1876 Conophis sumichrastii sumichrastii Cope (Smith & Taylor 1945)
Conophis vittatus sumichrastii Echegoyen 2009
1876 Conophis sumichrastii viduus Cope
Conophis vittatus viduus Smith 1941

Other common names:
viduus: Three-striped Road Guarder
vittatus: Four-striped Road Guarder
Remarks: Although previously reported from Durango (e.g., Wellman 1963), presence in the state is undocumented (Webb 2001). A record of viduus from Yucatan (Flores-Villela, Hernández-García & Nieto-Montes de Oca 1991) refer to Coniophanes imperialis clavatus (Smith, Flores-Villela & Chiszar 1993).
Distribution: Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla).