Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Suborder Serpentes Scientific name Anomalepis mexicanus | Phylum Chordata Order Squamata Family Anomalepididae Rank Species | |
Similar Helminthophis, Liotyphlops albirostris, Liotyphlops, Anomalepididae, Tropidophis melanurus | ||
Anomalepis mexicanus is a species of snake in the Anomalepididae family.
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Geographic range
It is endemic to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, and Peru.
Description
Snout rounded, moderately prominent; nostrils lateral; rostral rather small; prefrontals and frontal subequal, the former forming a median suture; supraoculars well developed; eye distinguishable under the ocular; two superposed preoculars, the lower in contact with the labials; two small suboculars; two upper labials. Total length 32 times diameter of body; tail rounded, broader than long. 22 scales around body; a pair of enlarged preanals. Reddish brown, lighter ventrally, scales with a yellowish-white border. 130 mm (inches) in total length.
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