Ficimia ramirezi

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Colubridae

The family Colubridae, which includes the kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp. ), is the largest, most widespread, and diverse family of snakes , with few physical characteristics universal among all species. The family contains 70 percent of the known species of snakes, with more than 1700 species worldwide (Pough et al. 1998). Although some colubrids are dangerously venomous , most are harmless to humans. [1]

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [2].

Ecology: It is an inhabitant of dry forest . It is a terrestrial species, and can be found under rocks.[2].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Ficimia ramirezi — Liner 1994 • Ficimia ramirezi — Liner 2007

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ficimia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

F. olivacea (Mexican Hook-Nosed Snake) · F. publia (Blotched Hooknose Snake) · F. publia publia (Blotched Hooknose Snake) · F. ramirezi (Ramirez's Hooknose Snake) · F. ruspator (Guerreran Hooknose Snake) · F. streckeri (Mexican Hook-Nosed Snake) · F. variegata (Tehuantepec Hooknose Snake)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Herpetological type-specimens in the University of Illinois Museum of Natural History Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1964. url p. 70.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 2, 2012.
• Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Canseco-Mrquez, L. 2007. Ficimia ramirezi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2539798
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-2964
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585867
• IUCN ID: 209743
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 134287

Footnotes

1. Painter, Charles W., Chuck L. Hayes, and James N. Stuart "Recovery and Conservation of the Gray-Banded Kingsnake. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. May 1, 2002. [back]
2. Canseco-Márquez, L. 2007. Ficimia ramirezi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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