Check List 18(1): 227-231, doi: 10.15560/18.1.227
New records and range extension of Trimorphodon tau Cope, 1869 (Squamata, Colubridae) in Nuevo León, México
Javier Banda-Leal‡, David Lazcano§, Manuel Nevárez-de los Reyes‡, Carlos Barriga-Vallejo§, Larry David Wilson|‡ Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico§ Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico| Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad, Miami, FL, United States of America
Corresponding author: David Lazcano ( imantodes52@hotmail.com ) Academic editor: Cord Eversole © Javier Banda-Leal, David Lazcano, Manuel Nevárez-de los Reyes, Carlos Barriga-Vallejo, Larry David Wilson. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Banda-Leal J, Lazcano D, Nevárez-de los Reyes M, Barriga-Vallejo C, Wilson LD (2022) New records and range extension of Trimorphodon tau Cope, 1869 (Squamata, Colubridae) in Nuevo León, México. Check List 18(1): 227-231. https://doi.org/10.15560/18.1.227 |  |
Abstract
The distribution of Trimorphodon tau Cope, 1869 in Nuevo León, Mexico, is understood on the basis of only a few records from the municipality of Iturbide and the central portion in the municipality of Monterrey, both in the southern portion of the state. The most recent record was reported in 2020. We provide new information on specimens from the collection of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León and photographic vouchers, which extend the known geographic range of this species to the northern portion of the state. We also review the scutellation in the new specimens and other specimens cited in the literature.
Keywords
Lepidosis, Mexican Lyre Snake, physiographic region, range extension, Sierra Madre