Ficimia

Ficimia

Taxobox
name = "Ficimia"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Serpentes
familia = Colubridae
subfamilia = Colubrinae
genus = "Ficimia"
genus_authority = Gray, 1849

"Ficimia" is a genus of colubrid snakes commonly known as hooknose snakes. There are 7 species within the genus, which are native primarily to Mexico, but they also range into the United States in the southern tip of Texas, and as far south as Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.

Description

Hooknose snakes are typically a grey or olive green in color, with brown or black blotching down the back, and a cream colored underside. They grow to a length of 5-11 inches and have a distinct upturned snout, which is similar to that of the hognose snake, and is used to aid in burrowing in loose, sandy soil.

Diet

Hooknosed snakes feed primarily on spiders and centipedes.

Species

*Hardy's Hook-nosed Snake", Ficimia hardyi" (Mendoza-Quijano, 1993)
*Mexican Hook-nosed Snake", Ficimia olivacea" (Gray, 1849)
*Blotched Hook-nosed Snake, "Ficimia publia"
*Ramirez's Hook-nosed Snake, "Ficimia ramirezi" (Smith & Langebartel, 1949)
*Guerreran Hook-nosed Snake, "Ficimia ruspator" (Smith & Taylor, 1941)
*Strecker's Hook-nosed Snake, "Ficimia streckeri" (Taylor, 1941)
*Tehuantepec Hook-nosed Snake, "Ficimia variegata" (Günther, 1858)

References

* [http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/snakes/ficimia.streckeri.html Herps of Texas: "Ficimia streckeri"]
*EMBL genus|genus=Ficimia


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