Symphimus mayae

Symphimus mayae
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Symphimus
Species:	S. mayae
Binomial name
	Symphimus mayae; (Gaige, 1936)
Synonyms
	Eurypholis mayae ; Gaige, 1936; Entichinus mayae ; (Gaige, 1936); Opheodrys mayae ; (Gaige, 1936);

Symphimus mayae, also known commonly as the Yucatán white-lipped snake and la culebra labio-blanco yucateca in New World Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the Yucatán Peninsula.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, mayae, is in honor of the Maya, an indigenous people of the Yucatán Peninsula.^[3]^: 172

The preferred natural habitat of Symphimus mayae is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).^[1]

Symphimus mayae is both terrestrial^[1]^[2] and semiarboreal,^[2] and it is diurnal.^[2]

Symphimus mayae preys predominately upon orthopterans such as crickets (family Gryllidae)^[1]^[2] and katydids (family Tettigoniidae).^[2]

Symphimus mayae is oviparous.^[2]

1 2 3 4 Acevedo, M.; Ariano-Sánchez, D.; Johnson, J.; Lee, J. (2013). "Symphimus mayae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T63933A3131454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T63933A3131454.en. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Symphimus mayae". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.

Gaige, H. (1936). "Some Reptiles and Amphibians from Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico". Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington (457): 289–304. (Eurypholis mayae, new species, p. 300).
Heimes, P. (2016). Snakes of Mexico: Herpetofauna Mexicana Vol. I. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. ISBN 978-3-89973-100-2. 572 pp.
Lee, J.C. (2000). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Maya World. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Associates, a Division of Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8587-9. 416 pp.
Rossman, Douglas A.; Schaefer, Gerald C. (1974). "Generic Status of Opheodrys mayae, a Colubrid Snake Endemic to the Yucatan Peninsula". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Loisiana State University (45): 112. (Symphimus mayae, new combination).

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