Ninia

Ninia atrata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Ninia
Species (13): N. atrata – N. celata – N. diademata – N. espinali – N. franciscoi – N. guytudori – N. hudsoni – N. maculata – N. pavimentata – N. psephota – N. schmidti – N. sebae – N. teresitae

Name

Ninia Baird & Girard, 1853: 49

• Type species: Ninia diademata Baird & Girard, 1853, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Savage, J.M. & Lahanas, P.N. 1991. On the Species of the Colubrid Snake Genus Ninia in Costa Rica and Western Panama. Herpetologica 47(1): 35–57. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Angarita-Sierra, T. 2017. A new species of Ninia (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Chocó-Magdalena biogeographical province, western Colombia. Zootaxa 4244(4): 478–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.2. Reference page. 
• Arteaga, A. & Harris, K.J. 2023. A new species of Ninia (Serpentes, Colubridae) from western Ecuador and revalidation of N. schmidti. Evolutionary Systematics 7(2): 317–334. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.112476 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Ninia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Coffee Snakes

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