Ficimia 4948315 194807765 2008-02-29T02:17:55Z Eubot 231599 Removed taxobox colour. See [[User:Eubot/Removing colours from taxoboxen]]. {{Taxobox | name = ''Ficimia'' | image = | image_width = | image_caption = | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Reptilia]] | ordo = [[Squamata]] | subordo = [[Serpentes]] | familia = [[Colubridae]] | subfamilia = [[Colubrinae]] | genus = '''''Ficimia''''' | genus_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], [[1849]] }} '''''Ficimia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[colubrid]] [[snake]]s commonly known as '''hooknose snakes'''. There are 7 [[species]] within the genus, which are native primarily to [[Mexico]], but they also range into the [[United States]] in the southern tip of [[Texas]], and as far south as [[Guatemala]], [[Belize]] and [[Honduras]]. == Description == Hooknose snakes are typically a [[grey]] or olive [[green]] in color, with [[brown]] or [[black]] blotching down the back, and a cream colored underside. They grow to a length of 5-11 inches and have a distinct upturned snout, which is similar to that of the [[hognose snake]], and is used to aid in burrowing in loose, sandy soil. == Diet == Hooknosed snakes feed primarily on [[spider]]s and [[centipede]]s. == Species == *Hardy's Hook-nosed Snake'', [[Ficimia hardyi]]'' ([[F. Mendoza-Quijano|Mendoza-Quijano]], [[1993]]) *Mexican Hook-nosed Snake'', [[Ficimia olivacea]]'' ([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], [[1849]]) *Blotched Hook-nosed Snake, ''[[Ficimia publia]]'' *Ramirez's Hook-nosed Snake, ''[[Ficimia ramirezi]]'' ([[Hobart M. Smith|Smith]] & [[D.A. Langebartel|Langebartel]], [[1949]]) *Guerreran Hook-nosed Snake, ''[[Ficimia ruspator]]'' ([[Hobart M. Smith|Smith]] & [[Edward H. Taylor|Taylor]], [[1941]]) *Strecker's Hook-nosed Snake, ''[[Ficimia streckeri]]'' ([[Edwared H. Taylor|Taylor]], [[1941]]) *Tehuantepec Hook-nosed Snake, ''[[Ficimia variegata]]'' ([[Albert C. L. G. Günther|Günther]], [[1858]]) == References == *[http://www.zo.utexas.edu/research/txherps/snakes/ficimia.streckeri.html Herps of Texas: ''Ficimia streckeri''] *{{EMBL genus|genus=Ficimia}} {{snake-stub}} [[Category:Colubrids]]