• Source: Ficimia hardyi

Ficimia hardyi, also known commonly as Hardy's hooknose snake, Hardy's hook-nosed snake, the Hidalgo hook-nosed snake, and nariz de gancho de Hardy in Mexican Spanish, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Mexico.




Etymology


The specific name, hardyi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence McNeil Hardy.




Geographic range


F. hardyi is found in the Mexican states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.




Habitat


The preferred natural habitats of F. hardyi are forest and shrubland, but it has also been found in cultivated agave fields.




Description


The holotype of F. hardyi has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 28.2 cm (11.1 in), plus a tail length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in).




Behavior


F. hardyi is terrestrial and fossorial.




Reproduction


F. hardyi is oviparous.




References






Further reading


Heimes P (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 572 pp. ISBN 978-3899731002.
Hernández-Ibarra, Xóchitl; Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Torres-Cervantes, Ricardo; Hernández-Macías, Hector (1999). "Geographic Distribution. Ficimia hardyi (Hardy's Hooknose Snake)". Herpetological Review 30 (4): 235.
Mendoza-Quijano F, Smith HM (1993). "A New Species of Hooknose Snake, Ficimia (Reptilia, Serpentes)". Journal of Herpetology 27 (4): 406–410. (Ficimia hardyi, new species). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).
Ramírez-Bautista, Aurelio; Hernández-Ibarra, Xóchitl; Torres-Cervantes, Ricardo; Smith, Hobart M. (1999). "External Morphological Variation in Hardy's Hooknose Snake Ficimia hardyi (Squamata: Colubridae)". Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 35 (3): 81–84.

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