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Table 2 Species of snakes determined and the ethnocategories to which they correspond, numbers of specimens reviewed, and their conservation status.

From: Nahua biocultural richness: an ethnoherpetological perspective

Snake species

Nahuatl name

Spanish name

No. individuals

Status NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010a

IUCNb

Endemism

1

Pliocercus elapoides

Ezkohuatl

Coralillo

1

 

Lc

 

2

Leptodeira polysticta

Palane

Cinta venenosa

4

 

Lc

 

3

Lampropeltis polyzona

Ezkohuatl

Coralillo

3

 

Lc

 

4

Imantodes cenchoa

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2

Pr

Lc

 

5

Ophryacus undulatus

Nakaskohuatl

 

3

Pr

Vu

En

6

Micrurus elegans

Ezkohuatl

Coralillo

1

Pr

Lc

 

7

Micrurus nigrocinctus

Ezkohuatl

Coralillo

1

 

Lc

 

8

Tropidodipsas sartori

Ezkohuatl

coralillo

1

 

Lc

 

9

Thamnophis sumichrasti

Petlasolkohuatl

 

1

A

Lc

En

10

Spilotes pullatus

Xochinawiyak

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1

 

Lc

 
  1. a Pr: subject to special protection; A: threatened
  2. b Lc least concern, Vu vulnerable