Sibon merendonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Sibon
Species: Sibon merendonensis

Name

Sibon merendonensis Rovito, Papenfuss & Vásquez-Almazán, 2012

Holotype: VZ (Museum of Vertebrate Zoology) 263880, an adult female, collected 16 January 2008, by Sean M. Rovito and Theodore J. Papenfuss.

Type locality: Finca la Bendición, 4.0 km SE (by road) of soccer field at junction with road to Pinalito, then 7.6 km E (by road) of La Trementina, 14.93042°N, 89.4167°W (WGS84 Datum), 1364 m. elevation, Departamento Zacapa, Guatemala.

Etymology: the name refers to the Sierra del Merendón, the mountain range containing the type locality.

References

Sean M. Rovito, Theodore J. Papenfuss & Carlos R. Vásquez-Almazán. 2012: A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubridae) from the mountains of eastern Guatemala. Zootaxa 3266: 62–68. Preview
Sibon merendonensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 april 2015.
IUCN: Sibon merendonensis Rovito, Papenfuss & Vásquez-Almazan, 2012 (Critically Endangered)

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