Ficimia
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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Ficimia''
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| 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]]
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'''''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}}
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[[Category:Colubrids]]