Ficimia hardyi explained
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.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, hardyi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence McNeil Hardy.[2]
Geographic range
F. hardyi is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.[1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of F. hardyi are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in cultivated agave fields.
Description
The holotype of F. hardyi has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of, plus a tail length of .[1]
Behavior
F. hardyi is terrestrial and fossorial.
Reproduction
F. hardyi is oviparous.[1]
Further reading
- Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. .
- Hernández-Ibarra, Xóchitl; Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Torres-Cervantes, Ricardo; Hernández-Macías, Hector (1999). "Geographic Distribution. Ficimia hardyi (Hardy's Hooknose Snake)". Herpetological Review 30 (4): 235.
- Mendoza-Quijano F, Smith HM (1993). "A New Species of Hooknose Snake, Ficimia (Reptilia, Serpentes)". Journal of Herpetology 27 (4): 406–410. (Ficimia hardyi, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
- Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Hernández-Ibarra, Xóchitl; Torres-Cervantes, Ricardo; Smith, Hobart M. (1999). "External Morphological Variation in Hardy's Hooknose Snake Ficimia hardyi (Squamata: Colubridae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 35 (3): 81–84.
Notes and References
- www.reptile-database.org.
- [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
