Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update:
August 22nd, 2022.
 
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Genus
Scaphiodontophis
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Neck-banded Snakes, American Many-toothed Snakes, Shovel-toothed Snakes
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Amerikanische Vielzahnnattern
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Skovltandssnoge
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Scaphiodontophis Taylor & Smith (type species: Enicognathus annulatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril 1854) |
Contents:
2 species, none of which are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Some of the most variable snake species in the world, in terms of pattern, a fact that previously led zoologists to regard it as a complex of several species, although the genus previously has been considered monotypic.
Distribution:
E. Mexico, Central America, NW. South America.
Reported from:
Belize,
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Hidalgo,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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Meristic and other data
of the world's snakes.
Compiled by
V. Wallach
Key to abbreviations
Head drawings of the
genus Scaphiodontophis.
Compiled by V. Wallach
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Scaphiodontophis annulatus
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Northern Neck-banded Snake, Skink Eater, Shovel-toothed Snake, Half Coral Snake
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Nördliche Vielzahnnatter
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Nordlig Skovltandssnog
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Enicognathus annulatus Dumeril, Bibron & Dumeril |
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Polyodontophis annulatus Boulenger 1893 |
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Sibinophis annulatus Ditmars 1934 |
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Scaphiodontophis annulatus Taylor & Smith 1943 |
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Sibynophis annulatus hondurensis Schmidt (syn. Lynch in Smith & Taylor 1966) |
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Scaphiodontophis annulatus hondurensis Taylor & Smith 1943 |
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Scaphiodontophis nothus Taylor & Smith (syn. Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986) |
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Scaphiodontophis zeteki nothus Alvarez del Toro & Smith 1958 |
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Scaphiodontophis annulatus nothus Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986 |
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Scaphiodontophis albonuchalis Taylor & Smith (syn. Alvarez del Toro & Smith 1958; Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
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Scaphiodontophis carpicinctus Taylor & Smith (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) |
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Scaphiodontophis cyclurus Taylor & Smith (syn. Alvarez del Toro & Smith 1958; Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970) |
Other common names:
annulatus: Guatemalan Neck-banded Snake
nothus: Eastern Neck-banded Snake
Remarks:
Previously included venustissimus.
Records from Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and some older records from Nicaragua refer to venustissimus (Köhler 2008; Savage & Bolaños 2009).
Pérez-Santos & Moreno (1988) listed dugandi as a separate species.
Pérez-Santos, Moreno & Gearhart (1993) listed zeteki as a separate species.
Distribution:
Belize,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Mexico
(Chiapas,
Hidalgo,
Oaxaca,
Puebla,
Quintana Roo,
Tabasco,
Tamaulipas,
Veracruz,
Yucatan),
Nicaragua.
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Scaphiodontophis venustissimus
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Southern Neck-banded Snake, Common Neck-banded Snake
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Südliche Vielzahnnatter
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Sydlig Skovltandssnog
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Henicognathus venustissimus Günther |
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Sibynophis venustissimus Dunn 1930 |
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Scaphiodontophis venustissimus Taylor & Smith 1943 |
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Scaphiodontophis annulatus venustissimus Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986 |
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Sibynophis zeteki Dunn (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) |
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Scaphiodontophis zeteki Taylor & Smith 1943 |
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Scaphiodontophis annulatus zeteki Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986 |
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Scaphiodontophis dugandi Roze (syn. Wallach, Williams & Boundy 2014) |
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Scaphiodontophis annulatus dugandi Smith, Fitzgerald, Pérez-Higareda & Chiszar 1986 |
Remarks:
Revalidated as a separate species by McCranie (2006b), although considered such earlier by some authors (e.g., Peters & Orejas-Miranda 1970; Villa, Wilson & Johnson 1988).
Distribution:
Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama.
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