Other Contributions
Distribution Notes
Family Colubridae Tantilla cuniculator Smith, 1939. MEXICO: YUCATÁN: Municipio de Sinanché, San Crisanto (21°21'9.37"N, -89°10'38.00"W; WGS 84), elev. 1 m; 28 November 2009; Javier A. Ortiz-Medina. The snake was found active at night, on sandy soil in a coconut grove. A photograph of this individual is deposited at the University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Digital Collection (Photo Voucher UTEP G-2016.5). This voucher (Fig. 1) represents a new municipality record, with the closest known locality ca. 60 km SW in the vicinity of Merida (Lee, 1996). Acknowledgments.––A special thanks to Arthur Harris for kindly providing the photo voucher number.
Fig. 1. A Tantilla cuniculator (UTEP G-2016.5) from the vicinity of San Crisanto, Municipio de Sinanché, Yucatán, Mexico. ' © Javier A. Ortiz-Medina
Literature Cited Lee, J. C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatan Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates, Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York, United States.
Javier A. Ortiz-Medina1, Daniel E. Chan-Espinoza2, and Elí García-Padilla3 Departamento de Zoología, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Km. 15.5 Carr. Mérida-Xmatkuil s/n, C.P. 97315, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. E-mail:
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Laboratorio de Zoonosis, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi”, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Av. Itzaes No. 490 x 59 Col. Centro. C.P. 97000, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. E-mail:
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Calle Hidalgo, Colonia Santa Úrsula Coapa, Delegación Coyoacán, C. P. 04700, D.F., Mexico. E-mail:
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Family Dipsadidae Coniophanes imperialis (Baird and Girard, 1859). MEXICO: HIDALGO: Municipio de San Felipe Orizatlán, El Naranjal (21.194102°N, -98.577538°W; WGS84) elev. 183 m; 11 April 2015; Gonzalo Hernández-Hernández; photo voucher CH-CIB 48 (Fig. 1A). The snake was found dead in a crop field surrounded by deciduous tropical forest. Another individual was found near Mexcarillo, Municipio de San Felipe Orizatlán (21.23409°N, -98.56622°W; WGS 84) elev. 134 m; 29 November 2015; Leonardo Fernández-Badillo; photo voucher CH-CIB 49 (Fig. 1B). This snake was found under a rock in a cattle field. Photo vouchers of both individuals are deposited in the photographic collection of the Herpetological Collection of the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. Both represent new municipality records, with the closest known locality ca. 16.3 km and 17.3 km, respectively, to the NE (airline distance) in the vicinity of San José, Municipio de Huejutla de Reyes, Hidalgo (Ramírez-Bautista et al., 2010).
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