Synophis zaheri Pyron, Guayasamin, Peñafiel, Bustamante, & Arteaga, 2015

Pyron, R. Alexander, Arteaga, Alejandro, Echevarría, Lourdes Y. & Torres-Carvajal, Omar, 2016, A revision and key for the tribe Diaphorolepidini (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) and checklist for the genus Synophis, Zootaxa 4171 (2), pp. 293-320 : 307

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4171.2.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CDE07944-2354-477E-A3DA-61B713858D0C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6056275
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scientific name	Synophis zaheri Pyron, Guayasamin, Peñafiel, Bustamante, & Arteaga, 2015
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3. Synophis zaheri Pyron, Guayasamin, Peñafiel, Bustamante, & Arteaga, 2015

Range. Pacific Andean slopes of southwestern Ecuador, El Oro province, ~ 800–900m. Description. Adult size ~ 350–370mm SVL and ~ 180–190mm TL in males, smooth nuchal scales; no nuchal collar; intranasals in contact; 2 postoculars; 8–9 infralabials; 8 supralabials; 166–169 ventrals; 111–112 subcaudals; and 19-19-17 dorsal scale-rows with single, weak keel.

Notes. Known only from the holotype and paratype.