Symphimus mayae
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Symphimus |
| Species: | S. mayae |
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| Symphimus mayae (Gaige, 1936) | |
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Symphimus mayae, also known commonly as the Yucatán white-lipped snake and la culebra labio-blanco yucateca in New World Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the Yucatán Peninsula.
Etymology
The specific name, mayae, is in honor of the Maya, an indigenous people of the Yucatán Peninsula.: 172
Geographic distribution
Symphimus mayae is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán).
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of Symphimus mayae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).
Behavior
Symphimus mayae is both terrestrial and semiarboreal, and it is diurnal.
Diet
Symphimus mayae preys predominately upon orthopterans such as crickets (family Gryllidae) and katydids (family Tettigoniidae).
Reproduction
Symphimus mayae is oviparous.
References
- 1 2 3 4 Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Johnson, J.; Lee, J. (2013). "Symphimus mayae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T63933A3131454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63933A3131454.en. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Symphimus mayae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
Further reading
- Gaige, H. (1936). "Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico". Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (457): 289–304. (Eurypholis mayae, new species, p. 300).
- Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3-89973-100-2. 572 pp.
- Lee, J.C. (2000). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8587-9. 416 pp.
- Rossman, Douglas A.; Schaefer, Gerald C. (1974). "Generic Status of Opheodrys mayae, a Colubrid Snake Endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Loisiana State University (45): 112. (Symphimus mayae, new combination).
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