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Ninia

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Ninia
Hallowell's coffee snake (Ninia atrata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Ninia
Baird & Girard, 1853

Ninia, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus consists of 12 species that are native to south-eastern Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on Caribbean islands.[1]

Species

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There are 12 species that are recognized as being valid.[1][2]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845) Hallowell's coffee snake southern Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago
Ninia celata
McCranie & Wilson, 1995
Costa Rica; Panama
Ninia diademata Baird & Girard, 1853 ringneck coffee snake Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico
Ninia espinali McCranie & Wilson, 1995 Espinal's coffee snake El Salvador; Honduras
Ninia franciscoi Angarita-Sierra, 2014 Simla coffee snake Trinidad
Ninia guytudori Angarita-Sierra & Arteaga, 2023 Ecuador
Ninia hudsoni
H. Parker, 1940
Guiana coffee snake, Hudson's coffee snake Guiana, Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Tambopata, Madre de Dios), Brazil (Rondônia), SW Colombia
Ninia maculata (W. Peters, 1861) Pacific banded coffee snake, spotted coffee snake Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
Ninia pavimentata (Bocourt, 1883) northern banded coffee snake Guatemala
Ninia psephota (Cope, 1876) red-bellied coffee snake, Cope's coffee snake Panama, Costa Rica
Ninia sebae
(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)
redback coffee snake, culebra de cafetal espalda roja Mexico and Central America.
Ninia teresitae Angarita-Sierra & Lynch, 2017 Colombia; Ecuador

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ninia ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  2. ^ Genus Ninia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: xvi + 172 pp. (Ninia, new genus, pp. 49–50).
  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Ninia, p. 104).