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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 Tachymenis
Biodiversity of the family Colubridae








Genus
Tachymenis

South American Scrub Snakes, South American Slender Snakes

Südamerikanische Buschnattern

Sydamerikanske Kratsnoge

1834 Tachymenis Wiegmann (type species: Tachymenis peruviana Wiegmann 1838)
1861 Zacholomorphus Fitzinger (type species: Coronella chilensis Schlegel 1837)
1896 Pseudotomodon Koslowsky (type species: Pseudotomodon mendozinus Koslowsky 1896; syn. Trevine, Grazziotin, Giraudo, Sallaberry-Pincheira, Vianna & Zaher 2022)
1897 Pseudotomodon Peracca [not Pseudotomodon Koslowsky 1896 (Serpentes)] (type species: Pseudotomodon crivellii Peracca 1897)
1916 Aspidula Philippi in Quijada (type species: Coronella celeris Philippi in Quijada [nomen nudum] 1916)
1916 Colubellus Philippi in Quijada (type species: Colubellus melanoleucus Philippi # [nomen nudum]; syn. Donoso-Barros & Cardenas 1964)
Contents: 4 species, of which 2 (50.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Thamnodynastes (e.g., Thomas in Williams & Wallach 1989). Formerly included the species now assigned to Galvarinus and Tachymenoides.
Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay.

Tachymenis elongata

Piura Scrub Snake

Piura-Buschnatter

Piura-kratsnog

1910 Tachymenis elongata Despax

Distribution: Peru.


Tachymenis ocellata

Ocellated Pampas Snake

Gefleckte Pampasnatter

Plettet Pampassnog

1854 Tomodon ocellatum Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril
Tachymenis ocellata Trevine, Grazziotin, Giraudo, Sallaberry-Pincheira, Vianna & Zaher 2022

Distribution: Argentina, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Paraguay, Uruguay.


Tachymenis peruviana

Peruvian Scrub Snake

Peruvianische Buschnatter

Peruviansk Kratsnog

1838 Tachymenis peruviana Wiegmann
Ophis peruviana Fitzinger 1843
1863 Psammophylax assimilis Jan (Golay & al. 1993)
Tachymenis chilensis assimilis Walker 1945
Tachymenis peruviana assimilis Donoso-Barros 1961
1901 Tachymenis peruviana dorsalis Werner (Golay & al. 1993)
1915 Leimadophis andicolus Barbour (Golay & al. 1993)
1981 Tachymenis peruviana yutoensis Miranda & Couturier

Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru.


Tachymenis trigonata

Argentine Mock Lancehead

Argentinische Vipern-Natter

Argentinsk Hugormesnog

1873 Pelias trigonatus Leybold
Tomodon ocellatus trigonatus Amaral 1929
Pseudotomodon trigonatus Serié 1936
Tachymenis trigonata Trevine, Grazziotin, Giraudo, Sallaberry-Pincheira, Vianna & Zaher 2022
1896 Pseudotomodon mendozinus Koslowsky (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)
1897 Pseudotomodon Crivellii Peracca (Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970)

Distribution: Argentina.