Conopsis megalodon

Taxonavigation

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

Conopsis megalodon (Taylor & Smith, 1942)

Holotype: UIMNH 25077 (formerly EHT-HMS 23640 & EHT-CC x-2162), collected by E.H. Taylor on 10 July 1940.
Type locality: “summit of Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca”.

Toluca megalodon Taylor & Smith, 1942: 338 [original combination]
Conopsis megalodon — Goyenechea & Flores-Villela, 2002: 94 [subsequent combination]

Toluca conica Taylor & Smith, 1942: 340 [synonymised by Goyenechea & Flores-Villela (2006: 12)]
- Holotype: FMNH 120233 (formerly EHT-HMS 27517), ♂, collected by Thomas MacDougall in January 1941.
- Type locality: “San Juan Guivini, Oaxaca”.

Taylor, E.H. & Smith, H.M. 1942. The snake genera Conopsis and Toluca. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 28(15): 325–363. BHL
Goyenechea, I. & Flores-Villela, O. 2002. Taxonomic status of the snake genera Conopsis and Toluca (Colubridae). Journal of Herpetology 36(1): 92–95. DOI: 10.2307/1565807 JSTOR Reference page.
Goyenechea, I. & Flores-Villela, O. 2006. Taxonomic summary of Conopsis, Günther, 1858 (Serpentes: Colubridae). Zootaxa 1271(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1271.1.1 ; ResearchGate Reference page.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Conopsis megalodon. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 29 May 2023.
Flores-Villela, O. 2007. IUCN: Conopsis megalodon (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T63764A12707046. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63764A12707046.en. Accessed on 29 May 2023.

English: San Felipe Ground Snake

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