Anomalepis colombia is a species of snake in the family Anomalepididae.[1][2] It is endemic to Colombia and only known from the holotype collected in Caldas.[1]
| Anomalepis colombia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Anomalepididae |
| Genus: | Anomalepis |
| Species: | A. colombia
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| Binomial name | |
| Anomalepis colombia Marx, 1953
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Based on the reexamined holotype and two additional species, the Anomalepis colombia unique combination of 28-30/28-30/25-27 scales rows around the body, a rounded snout at the dorsal view, which moderately tapers in lateral view, has a total length of 170–193 mm (10 subcaudal scales, 4 supralabial and infralabial scales, 363-410 middorsal scales, and 357-402 midventral scales), uniform light brown color on dorsal, and creamish white color at ventral. This distinguishes Anomalepis colombia from the other species in the Anomalepis genus (A. mexicans, A. aspinous, and A. flavapices (Vanegas-Guerrero et al. 2019)).
References
edit- ^ a b Anomalepis colombia at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 May 2020.
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
3. Vanegas-Guerrero, Martins, A., Quiñones-Betancurt, E., & Lynch, J. D. (2019). Rediscovery of the rare Andean blindsnake Anomalepis colombia Marx 1953 (Serpentes: Anomalepididae) in the wild. Zootaxa, 4623(3), 595–600. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.13