. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. REPTILIA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE **** 69_ CONOPHIS CONOPHIS Peters 1860 Conoph i s Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 519> â fig- 3' Type-species: Conoph i s vi ttatus Peters. Distribution: Semiarld regions of southern Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. Content; Four species, according to the most recent revision by Wellman, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 15, 1963- O^e species (vi ttatus Peters) is extralimital. Key to the species Supralabials immaculate or having dark borders below; head and body usually pale with dark
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. REPTILIA: SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE **** 69_ CONOPHIS CONOPHIS Peters 1860 Conoph i s Peters, Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1860: 519> â fig- 3' Type-species: Conoph i s vi ttatus Peters. Distribution: Semiarld regions of southern Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. Content; Four species, according to the most recent revision by Wellman, Univ. Kansas Publ. Mus. Nat. Hist., 15, 1963- O^e species (vi ttatus Peters) is extralimital. Key to the species Supralabials immaculate or having dark borders below; head and body usually pale with dark stripes, or without stripes 2 Supralabials having black borders above; head and body generally black with two or four white lines running length of body (fig. l) tievermann i Clave de especies Supralabiales inmaculadas o con hordes inferio- res oscuros; cabeza y cuerpo usualmente cla- ros con o sin ifneas oscuras 2 Bordes superiores de supralabiales negros; ca- beza y cuerpo generalmente negros con dos 0 cuatro Ifneas blancas a lo largo del cuerpo (fig. 1)- nevermann i I I I I r ! I I I 1 I I < t . ; ' , ' â . M ! . I lilllillUilli UniUiiiiiil (F!g. 2) (Fig. 3) Figs. 1-3. Color patterns in Conoph is (l and 2 from Wellman, 1563)'. (Fig. 1) Lateral dark stripe through eye involving upper half of second scale-row (fig. 2); dark stripe on paravertebral row at least posteriorly pulcher Lateral dark stripe becoming indistinct on body, or restricted to fourth or third and fourth rows anteriorly, not involving second scale-row on anterior first third of body; an auxiliary lateral stripe sometimes present in- volving second row; no paravertebral stripesâ 1i neatus 2. Lfnea oscura lateral a traves del ojo ocupa la mitad superior de la segunda fila de escamas (fig. 2); a lo menos posteriormente hay una I'nea oscura paravertebral pulcher Lfnea oscura lateral indistinta sobre el cuerpo o restringida anteriormente a la cuarta, o tercera y cuarta fila de escamas; no presente en la segun
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