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Trimorphodon vilkinsonii
Chihuahuan Desert Lyresnake
Authorship: Cope
Description & Notes
there is a photograph of the Double Tank Corral area snake on Centennial Museum, Chihuahuan Desert Website. LaDuc and Johnson, 2003, changed the specific epithet from T. biscutatus.
Collection Information
Field Number
[Couvillon, 2011a, b, J.D. Johnson (UTEP), LaDuc and Johnson, 2003]
Records
it was observd 2 May1992 from Double Tank Corral area, from 12 July 2008, 20 June 2015, and during June 2017 near Prospect Pits and Echo Canyon by UTEP personnel, 22 July 2016 near Red Tank by J.D. Emerson, 30 July 2016 on mountain directly northeast of IMRS HQ, and June 2017 at Prospect Pits and Echo Canyon by UTEP personnel.
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