Loxocemus

Loxocemus
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Loxocemidae
Cope, 1861
Genus: Loxocemus
Cope, 1861
Species:
L. bicolor
Binomial name
Loxocemus bicolor
Cope, 1861
Synonyms
  • Loxocemi - Cope, 1861
  • Loxocemina - Boulenger, 1879
  • Loxoceminae - Romer, 1956
  • Loxocemidae - McDowell, 1975[3]
  • Loxocemus - Cope, 1861
  • Plastoseryx - Jan, 1862[3]
  • L[oxocemus]. bicolor - Cope, 1861
  • Plastoseryx Bronni - Jan, 1862
  • Loxocemus Sumichrasti - Bocourt, 1876
  • Loxocemus Sumichrasti - Bocourt, 1876
  • Loxocemus bicolor - Boulenger, 1896
  • Loxocemus bicolor bicolor - Woodbury & Woodbury, 1944
  • Loxocemus bicolor sumichrasti - Woodbury & Woodbury, 1944[3]

Loxocemus bicolor,[4] the sole member of the monotypic family Loxocemidae[5] and commonly known as the Mexican python,[5] Mexican burrowing python[6] and Mexican burrowing snake, is a species of python-like snake found in Mexico and Central America. No subspecies are currently recognized.[7] Analyses of DNA show that Loxocemus is most closely related to the true pythons and the sunbeam snakes.[8][9]

  1. ^ Chaves, G.; Lamar, W.; Porras, L.W.; Sunyer, J.; Solórzano, A. (2014). "Loxocemus bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T169678A1280046. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T169678A1280046.en. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Appendices I, II and III". CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2023. Note: Protected as a member of the Loxocemidae.
  3. ^ a b c McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
  4. ^ "Loxocemus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  5. ^ a b "Loxocemidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  6. ^ Species Loxocemus bicolor at The Reptile Database. Accessed 17 August 2007.
  7. ^ "Loxocemus bicolor". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
  8. ^ Reynolds, RG; Niemiller, ML; Revell, LJ (2014). "Toward a Tree-of-Life for the boas and pythons: multilocus species-level phylogeny with unprecedented taxon sampling" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 71: 201–213. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.11.011. PMID 24315866. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  9. ^ Pyron, R. A.; Reynolds, R. G.; Burbrink, F. T. (2014). "A Taxonomic Revision of Boas (Serpentes: Boidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3846: 249–260. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3846.2.5.