Emmochliophis fugleri Fritts & Smith, 1969
Fugler’s shadow snake
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Rediscovered (Maynard et al., 2021)
Distribution
Ecuador
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Fritts, T. H. and Smith, H. N. (1969). A new genus and species of snake from western Ecuador. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 72: 60-66. https://doi.org/10.2307/3627049
Other references:
Maynard, R. J., Culebras, J., Kohn, S., Guayasamin, J. M. and Tregaser, S. (2021). Finding a shadow in the dark: rediscovery of Fugler’s Shadow Snake (Emmochliophis fugleri Fritts & Smith, 1969) after 54 years, with comments on its conservation status, distribution, and the tribe Diaphorolepidini. Check List 17 (1): 239-245. https://doi.org/10.15560/17.1.239