Ninia

Ninia is a genus of snakes, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, in the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus consists of 10 species that are native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on the Caribbean islands.[1]

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

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species:[1][2]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845)Hallowell's coffee snakesouthern Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago
Ninia celata McCranie & Wilson, 1995Costa Rica; Panama
Ninia diademata Baird & Girard, 1853ringneck coffee snake, culebra de cafetal de collarBelize; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico
Ninia espinali McCranie & Wilson, 1995Espinal's coffee snakeEl Salvador; Honduras
Ninia franciscoi Angarita-Sierra, 2014Trinidad
Ninia hudsoni Parker, 1940Guiana coffee snake, Hudson's coffee snakeGuiana, Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Tambopata, Madre de Dios), Brazil (Rondônia), SW Colombia
Ninia maculata (W. Peters, 1861)spotted coffee snakeCosta Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
Ninia pavimentata (Bocourt, 1883)Guatemala
Ninia psephota (Cope, 1876)Cope's coffee snakePanama, Costa Rica
Ninia sebae (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)redback coffee snake, culebra de cafetal espalda rojaMexico and Central America.
Ninia teresitae Angarita-Sierra & Lynch, 2017Colombia; Ecuador

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

References

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

Further reading

  • 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).


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