Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Culebra panza amarilla ORDER - SERPENTES FAMILY - Colubridae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Coniophanes fissidens SYNONYMS - Coniophanes fissidens fissidens, Gunther REFERENCES - 3 and 1 District Reference Corozal, Belize 1 Cayo, Belize 1 Belize, Belize 1 Stann Creek, Belize 1 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Shipstern Nature Reserve 1 Government land 1 Manatee Forest Reserve 1 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 1 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 1 Bladen Nature Reserve 1 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve Captured or Mist net Wet season 2 Hydrologic Association Reference Roaring Creek 2 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 2 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 00' to 88 30' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 1 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 1 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 1 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 1 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 2 General Distribution Comments 2*NE portion TMNR References 1 Meerman, J., 1994. Summary of Herpetofauna Distributions in Belize. Report to National Protected Areas Management Project. 2 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 3 Lee, Julian C. 1996. The Amphibians and Reptiles of the Yucatán Peninsula. Comstock Publishing Associates. Ithaca, New York.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Ministry of Natural Resources' Land Information Centre
01/19/98