Coniophanes lateritius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Cladus: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Coniophanes lateritius Cope, 1862: 524

Holotype: USNM. [lost fide Smith & Taylor (1945: 41)]
Neotype: BYU 13793, ♂, collected by W.W. Tanner & W.G. Robinson, Jr. on 5 September 1957. [designated by Tanner & Robinson (1960: 60)]
Type locality: “Guadalaxara [=Guadalajara], Mexico”, redesigned by neotype designation to “7.5 miles north of Magdalena, northwestern Jalisco, Mexico”, by Tanner & Robinson (1960: 60).

Coniophanes sarae Ponce-Campos & Smith, 2001: 10 [synonymized by Palacios-Aguilar & Flores-Villela (2020: 119)]

Cope, E.D. [1861] 1862. On Elapomorphus, Sympholis, and Coniophanes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 524. BHL Reference page.
Tanner, W.W. & Robinson, Jr., W.G. 1960. Herpetological notes for northwestern Jalisco, Mexico. Herpetologica 16(1): 59–62. JSTOR
Ponce-Campos, P. & Smith, H.M. 2001. A review of the Stripeless Snake (Coniophanes lateritius) complex of Mexico. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 37(1): 10–17. BHL Reference page.
Palacios-Aguilar, R. & Flores-Villela, O. 2020. Taxonomic revision and comments on two groups of the genus Coniophanes (Squamata: Dipsadidae). Vertebrate Zoology 70(2): 111–124. DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-2-2020-02 Reference page.

Ponce-Campos, P. 2007. IUCN: Coniophanes lateritius (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63751A12713326. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63751A12713326.en. Accessed on 26 December 2025.