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ArticlePloS one2025

Sticking our nose into the Sonorini tribe: A new genus and species of snake (Squamata: Colubridae: Sonorini) from the Balsas Basin of Mexico.

Antonio Y Cisneros-Bernal, Ricardo Palacios-Aguilar, Carlos Hernández-Jiménez, Eric N Smith, Oscar Flores-Villela, Cristian Hernández-Morales, Oscar Olivares Loyola, Gustavo Campillo-García

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Antonio Y Cisneros-BernalPosgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Unidad de Posgrado, Circuito de Posgrados, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Mexico.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5739-8409
Ricardo Palacios-AguilarDepartamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7131-5534
Carlos Hernández-JiménezFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
Eric N SmithAmphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center, Department of Biology, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States of America.
Oscar Flores-VillelaDepartamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México.
Cristian Hernández-MoralesArgentine Dryland Research Institute of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Mendoza, Argentina.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9964-9173
Oscar Olivares LoyolaFacultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.
Gustavo Campillo-GarcíaDepartamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, México.

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Abstract

The colubrid snake tribe Sonorini, which is largely composed of semifossorial and fossorial species, has undergone a series of taxonomic changes in the last few decades. New species have been added, multiple genera have been synonymized, and phylogenetic relationships have been tested using molecular systematics. Our field explorations of the dry Balsas Basin within the Mexican state of Puebla recently resulted in the procurement of two specimens of an unknown Sonorini species. Based on an integrative methodology of genetic and morphological data, we conclude that these specimens represent a hitherto unnamed genus and species, which we describe herein. This new genus is closely related to the other monotypic, Mexican endemic genera Pseudoficimia and Sympholis, but is easily diagnosable from them.

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