Ninia
{{Short description|Genus of snakes}}
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| image = Ninia atrata.jpg
| image_caption = Hallowell's coffee snake (Ninia atrata)
| taxon = Ninia
| authority = Baird & Girard, 1853
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Ninia, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. The genus consists of 12 species that are native to south-eastern Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on Caribbean islands.
Species
There are 12 species that are recognized as being valid.{{ITIS |id=209481 |taxon=Ninia |accessdate=3 January 2011}}{{EMBL genus|genus=Ninia}} www.reptile-database.org.
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| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Ninia atrata {{small|(Hallowell, 1845)}} | Hallowell's coffee snake | southern Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago |
| Ninia celata {{small|McCranie & Wilson, 1995}} | Costa Rica; Panama | ||
| Ninia diademata {{small|Baird & Girard, 1853}} | ringneck coffee snake | Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico | |
| Ninia espinali {{small|McCranie & Wilson, 1995}} | Espinal's coffee snake | El Salvador; Honduras | |
| Ninia franciscoi {{small|Angarita-Sierra, 2014}} | Simla coffee snake | Trinidad | |
| Ninia guytudori {{small|Angarita-Sierra & Arteaga, 2023}} | Ecuador | ||
| 120px | Ninia hudsoni {{small|H. Parker, 1940}} | Guiana coffee snake, Hudson's coffee snake | Guiana, Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Tambopata, Madre de Dios), Brazil (Rondônia), SW Colombia |
| Ninia maculata {{small|(W. Peters, 1861)}} | Pacific banded coffee snake, spotted coffee snake | Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama | |
| Ninia pavimentata {{small|(Bocourt, 1883)}} | northern banded coffee snake | Guatemala | |
| Ninia psephota {{small|(Cope, 1876)}} | red-bellied coffee snake, Cope's coffee snake | Panama, Costa Rica | |
| 120px | Ninia sebae {{small|(A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)}} | redback coffee snake, culebra de cafetal espalda roja | Mexico and Central America. |
| 120px | Ninia teresitae {{small|Angarita-Sierra & Lynch, 2017}} | Colombia; Ecuador |
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.
References
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Further reading
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- Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: xvi + 172 pp. (Ninia, new genus, pp. 49–50).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. {{ISBN|0-87666-912-7}}. (Genus Ninia, p. 104).
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Category:Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird
Category:Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
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