Ficimia hardyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Ficimia |
Species: | F. hardyi
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Binomial name | |
Ficimia hardyi
Mendoza-Quijano &
H.M. Smith, 1993
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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]
The specific name, hardyi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence McNeil Hardy. [3]
F. hardyi is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of F. hardyi are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in cultivated agave fields. [1]
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]
F. hardyi is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
F. hardyi is oviparous. [1] [2]
Ficimia hardyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Ficimia |
Species: | F. hardyi
|
Binomial name | |
Ficimia hardyi
Mendoza-Quijano &
H.M. Smith, 1993
| |
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]
The specific name, hardyi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence McNeil Hardy. [3]
F. hardyi is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of F. hardyi are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in cultivated agave fields. [1]
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]
F. hardyi is terrestrial and fossorial. [1]
F. hardyi is oviparous. [1] [2]