''Anomalepis mexicana'' is a species of snake in the Anomalepididae family.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. (series). (volume).

Geographic range

It is endemic to Nicaragua,

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, Panama, and Peru.

Description

Rounded snout, moderately prominent; nostrils lateral; rostral rather small; prefrontals and frontal subequal, the former forming a median suture; supraoculars well developed; eye distinguishable under the ocular; two superposed preoculars, the lower in contact with the labials; two small suboculars; two upper labials. Total length 32 times diameter of body; tail rounded, broader than long. 22 scales around body; a pair of enlarged preanals. Reddish brown, lighter ventrally, scales with a yellowish-white border. 130 mm (inches) in total length. Boulenger, G.A. 1893. ''Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History), Volume I''. London. p. 59.

References

Anomalepididae Snakes of Central America Snakes of South America Reptiles of Costa Rica Reptiles of Nicaragua Reptiles of Panama Reptiles of Peru Reptiles described in 1860 {{Scolecophidia-stub