Anomalepis mexicana is a species of snake in the Anomalepididae family.[1]
| Anomalepis mexicana | |
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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. mexicana
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| Binomial name | |
| Anomalepis mexicana Jan, 1860
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Geographic range
editIt is endemic to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Peru.[2]
Description
editRounded snout, moderately prominent; nostrils lateral; rostral rather small; prefrontals and frontal subequal, the former forming a median suture; supraoculars well developed; eye distinguishable under the ocular; two superposed preoculars, the lower in contact with the labials; two small suboculars; two upper labials. Total length 32 times diameter of body; tail rounded, broader than long. 22 scales around body; a pair of enlarged preanals. Reddish brown, lighter ventrally, scales with a yellowish-white border. 130 mm (inches) in total length.[3]
References
edit- ^ 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).
- ^ "Anomalepis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2007.
- ^ Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I. London. p. 59.