Ficimia hardyi

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Ficimia hardyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Ficimia
Species:
F. hardyi
Binomial name
Ficimia hardyi
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Ficimia hardyi, also known commonly as Hardy's hooknose snake, Hardy's hook-nosed snake, the Hidalgo hook-nosed snake, and nariz de gancho de Hardy in Mexican Spanish, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, hardyi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence McNeil Hardy. [3]

Geographic range

F. hardyi is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of F. hardyi are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in cultivated agave fields. [1]

Description

The holotype of F. hardyi has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 28.2 cm (11.1 in), plus a tail length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in). [2]

Behavior

F. hardyi is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]

Reproduction

F. hardyi is oviparous. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mendoza-Quijano, F. (2007). "Ficimia hardyi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2007 e.T63781A12708026. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63781A12708026.en . Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Species Ficimia hardyi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ficimia hardyi, p. 116).

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