Symphimus

Symphimus is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to Mexico and Central America.[1]

Symphimus
Symphimus mayae, in a tree, in Yucatán, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Subfamily:	Colubrinae
Genus:	Symphimus Cope, 1869

Species and geographic ranges

The following two species are recognized as being valid.[1]

• Symphimus leucostomus Cope, 1869 – southeastern Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Oaxaca)
• Symphimus mayae (Gaige, 1936) – northern Belize, Guatemala, Mexico (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán)

Etymology

The specific name, mayae, is in honor of the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula.[2]

Reproduction

Snakes of the genus Symphimus are oviparous.[1]

References

1. Genus Symphimus at The Reptile Database.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Symphimus mayae, p. 172).

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1896). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum. Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ) ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Genus Symphimus, p. 642).
• Cope ED (1869). "Seventh Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11: 147–192. (Symphimus, new genus, and Symphimus leucostomus, new species, p. 150).
• Gaige H (1936). "Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico". Carnegie Institution of Washington Publications (457): 289–304. (Eurypholis mayae, new species, p. 300).
• Heimes, Peter (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt, Germany: Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.