Ninia
| Ninia | |
|---|---|
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| Hallowell's coffee snake (Ninia atrata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Ninia Baird & Girard, 1853 |
Ninia, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus consists of 12 species that are native to south-eastern Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on Caribbean islands.[1]
Species
There are 12 species that are recognized as being valid.[1][2]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845) | Hallowell's coffee snake | southern Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago |
| Ninia celata McCranie & Wilson, 1995 |
Costa Rica; Panama | ||
| Ninia diademata Baird & Girard, 1853 | ringneck coffee snake | Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico | |
| Ninia espinali McCranie & Wilson, 1995 | Espinal's coffee snake | El Salvador; Honduras | |
| Ninia franciscoi Angarita-Sierra, 2014 | Simla coffee snake | Trinidad | |
| Ninia guytudori Angarita-Sierra & Arteaga, 2023 | Ecuador | ||
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Ninia hudsoni H. Parker, 1940 |
Guiana coffee snake, Hudson's coffee snake | Guiana, Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Tambopata, Madre de Dios), Brazil (Rondônia), SW Colombia |
| Ninia maculata (W. Peters, 1861) | Pacific banded coffee snake, spotted coffee snake | Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama | |
| Ninia pavimentata (Bocourt, 1883) | northern banded coffee snake | Guatemala | |
| Ninia psephota (Cope, 1876) | red-bellied coffee snake, Cope's coffee snake | Panama, Costa Rica | |
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Ninia sebae (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854) |
redback coffee snake, culebra de cafetal espalda roja | Mexico and Central America. |
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Ninia teresitae Angarita-Sierra & Lynch, 2017 | Colombia; Ecuador |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.
References
- ^ a b "Ninia ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ^ Genus Ninia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
- Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: xvi + 172 pp. (Ninia, new genus, pp. 49–50).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Ninia, p. 104).
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