Dendrophidion clarkii Dunn

Cadle, John E. & Savage, Jay M., 2012, Systematics of the Dendrophidion nuchale complex (Serpentes: Colubridae) with the description of a new species from Central America, Zootaxa 3513, pp. 1-50 : 48-49

Dendrophidion clarkii Dunn

COSTA RICA: LIMÓN: Guayacán [10°02’22” N, 83°32’40” W; photograph by Brian Kubicki, Fig. 22 B]. Río Blanco, Liverpool [about 09°59’ N, 83° 09’ W; photograph by Andrés Vega, posted on the InBio web gallery (http://www.inbio.ac.cr/)]. LIMÓN/CARTAGO: Parque Nacional Barbilla [10°06’09” N, 83°28’03” W] [sight record by Gerardo Cháves of an individual with a green anterior body and black nuchal collar]. PUNTARENAS: Cajón, 80 m [08°56' 30" N, 83°20' W], UCR 7235, 7414, 7421 (photograph of UCR 7421 in Savage 2002: pl. 415). Finca Las Cruces [now the Las Cruces Biological Station], 6.4 km S San Vito de Java, 1100–1220 m [08°47’35” N, 82°57’30” W], LACM 148553–56. Finca Helechales, 1050 m [about 12–15 km NE Potrero Grande; 09°04’N, 83°05’ W], LSUMZ 11636. Between Lagarto and Quebrada Disciplina, 75 m [approximately 08°57' N, 83°19' W], UCR 6293. Trail to Cerro Seno (near Potrero Grande), 1800 m [09° 01' 04" N, 83° 10' 26" W], UCR 20373. Upper San Luís Valley, 1000 m [10°17’ N, 84°47’ W], LACM 148557. SAN JOSÉ: Puriscal area, western edge of the Meseta Central, 900–1000 m (09°50’ N, 84°19’ W; sight record of Alejandro Solórzano of a Dendrophidion with a green anterior body and black collar).

PANAMA: BOCAS DEL TORO: Chiriquí Grande road, 396 m [approximately 08°56’50” N, 82°12’45” W], USNM 347917. Río Changuinola at boca del Río Culubre, 109–259 m, 8230’ N, 9°09’ W, CH 6547 (we examined a photograph of the live specimen taken by Matt Miller provided to us by Cesar Jaramillo. [BOCAS DEL TORO]: Boquete Trail, 1500 ft. [457 m; approximately 08° 50' N, 82° 11' 30" W along a trail between Guarumo and La Loma], MCZ R-22210. COCLÉ: Omar Torrijos Herrera National Park, 800 m (photograph of a live specimen by Roberto Brenes). El Copé de La Pintada, about 08°40’ N, 80°37’ W (photograph of a live specimen by Julie Ray).). [COCLÉ]: El Valle del Antón [08°37’ N, 80°08’ W], MCZ R-34878 (holotype). DARIÉN: Cerro Pirri, 3 1/2 hr walk From Pirri marker, 1300 m [07°56’ N, 77°43’ W], UMMZ 148005. Cerro Pirri, 1450 m [07°56’ N, 77°43’ W], UMMZ 155724. NE slope Cerro Sapo, headwaters Río San Antonio, above Quebrada de Dos Bocas, 90–190 m [07°58’ N, 78°22’ W; see Myers 1969: 12–18], KU 110292. Mt. Sapo [= Cerro Sapo; 07°58’ N, 78°22’ W], ANSP 22967 (head only). Laguna [820 m; 08°04’ N, 77°19’ W (Fairchild & Handley 1966)], KU 75681. [DARIÉN]: “foreste del Río Cianati” (Peracca 1896: 5, “ Drymobius dendrophis ”) [ Dendrophidion clarkii is suggested by a single anal plate and 148 subcaudals. Río Cianati is a “small river flowing west of Punta de Sabana and flowing southward into Golfo de San Miguel, approximately 08°30’ N, 78°10’ W (Selander & Vaurie 1962: 49)]. PANAMÁ: Cerro Azul region (Cerro Jefe region, Piedras-Pacora ridge), 9° 14’ N, 79° 23’ W, AMNH R-119877. Cerro Campana, 800 m [08°41’ N, 79°55’ W], AMNH R-129758. [ PANAMÁ]: Playa Grande-Tres Hermanas Ridge, 1800 ft [549 m; approximately 09°25’ N, 79°23’ W; a ridge separating Quebradas Playa Grande and Tres Hermanas, part of the Río Esperanza system; see Dunn & Bailey 1939: 4; Cadle & Myers 2003: 15–17; Ibáñez et al. “1994” (1995)], MCZ R-42760. SAN BLAS: Armila [about 50 m; 08°40’ N, 77°28’ W], USNM 150138.

COLOMBIA: No other data, USNM, 267275.? Magdalena Valley [questionable record; see text], MCZ R- 22002. CAUCA: Quebrada Guanguí, 0.5 km above Río Patia (upper Saija drainage), 100–200 m [about 02°50’ N, 77°25’ W; Myers 1991: 8], AMNH R-109718-21. CHOCÓ: Quebrada Docordó [middle Río San Juan about 17 km airline SSW Noanamá, 04°33’N, 77°00’ W (coordinates from AMNH database)], AMNH R-123752. Caño Docordó between Cucurrupí and Noanamá [04°33’N, 77°00’ W], CAS 119591, 119604. NARIÑO: La Guayacana, Pacific side, 3000 ft. [915 m; 01°26’ N, 78°27’ W], ANSP 25607. RISARALDA: Pueblo Rico [05°14’ N, 76°02’ W], BMNH 1910.7.11.24. [Between] Pueblo Rico [and] Santa Cecilia, Pacific side, 800 m, FMNH 54939. VALLE DEL CAUCA: Cisneros [03°49’23” N, 76°47’04” W], FMNH 43738, 43741. Río Calima, 7 km from lumber camp [approximately 04°09’ N, 77°08’ W; “lumber camp” refers to an installation of the Cartón de Colombia company], FMNH 165567.

ECUADOR: “Quito” [assumed error, probably a shipping point], BMNH 1872.2.26.8. CARCHI: Maldonado, 1410 m [00°54’ N, 78°06’ W], KU 179499. Near Chical [01°02’ N, 78°14’ W], USNM 286301. ESMERALDAS: Bilsa Biological Reserve [00°15’ N, 7945 W; Ortega-Andrade et al. 2010: 148, “ Dendrophidion nuchale ”]. [ESMERALDAS]: Bulím [= Pulún fide Paynter 1993; 50–100 m, 01°05’ N, 78°40’ W], BMNH 1901.8.3.4. Río Sapayo, NW Ecuador [00°44’ N, 78°56’ W], BMNH 1902.7.29.17. St. Javier [=San Javier de Cachaví], NW Ecuador [20–40 m; 01°04’ N, 78°47’ W], BMNH 1901.3.29.28 (specimen not seen; Stafford 2003: 110). San Mateo, 100 m [00°53’ N, 79°38’ W], FMNH 27589. IMBABURA: Intag, way to Garcia Moreno, San Juan [00°20’ N, 78°32” W], USNM 237044. Río Chaguajacu W of Garcia Moreno, in Río Llurimaguas drainage, ca. 800 m [USNM collection database: 00°13’ N, 78°37’59” W], USNM 237043. [IMBABURA]: Paramba, northwestern Ecuador [= Hacienda Paramba; 800–1000 m; 00°49’ N, 78°41’ W], BMNH 98.4.28.59 (specimen not seen; Stafford 2003: 110). [LOJA]: Alamor [04°02’ S, 80°02’ W; 1387 m, Chapman 1926], AMNH 22096. PICHINCHA: Milpe [00°00’ N, 78°57’ W; Paynter 1993], USNM 237058. 3.5 km NE Mindo, 1340 m [00°02’54” S, 78°46’21”W], KU 164207 (+ photos, KU Digital Archive 010862 -63, Color Transparencies 5121-22). Pachijal [USNM collection database: 00°12’ N, 78°58’ W], USNM 237057 (see Paynter 1993 under “Río Tambillo”). Río Baba, 5–10 km SSW Santo Domingo de los Colorados, 500 m [Approximately 00°15’ S, 79°17’ W], AMNH 113019. Santo Domingo de los Colorados [00°15’ S, 79°10’ W], MCZ R-166462. 5– 10 km SSW Santo Domingo de los Colorados [00°15’ S, 79°10’ W], AMNH R- 113019.

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FIGURE 22. Documentation of sympatry between D. rufiterminorum and D. clarkii in the vicinity of Guayacán, Costa Rica (Limón province, Atlantic versant; see Figs. 12, 20). A, Dendrophidion rufiterminorum, photographed by Alejandro Solórzano. B, Dendrophidion clarkii photographed by Brian Kubicki 22 August 2004.