Ninia

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Serpentes
Infraordo: Caenophidia
Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Dipsadinae
Genus: Ninia
Species (11): N. atrata – N. celata – N. diademata – N. espinali – N. franciscoi – N. hudsoni – N. maculata – N. pavimentata – N. psephota – N. sebae – N. teresitae
Name

Ninia Baird & Girard, 1853: 49

Type species: Ninia diademata Baird & Girard, 1853, by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Baird, S.F. & Girard, C. 1853. Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part 1.–Serpents. Smithsonian Institution: Washington. xvi + 172 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Angarita-Sierra, T. 2017. A new species of Ninia (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Chocó-Magdalena biogeographical province, western Colombia. Zootaxa 4244(4): 478–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.2. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2021. Ninia . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 June 2020.
Ninia – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: Coffee Snakes

Ninia is a genus of snakes, commonly referred to as coffee snakes, in the family Colubridae of the superfamily Colubroidea. The genus consists of 10 species that are native to Mexico, Central America, and the northern part of South America. Some species are also found on the Caribbean islands.[1]
Species

There are currently 11 recognized species:[1][2]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Ninia atrata (Hallowell, 1845)	Hallowell's coffee snake	southern Central America, Ecuador, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago
	Ninia celata McCranie & Wilson, 1995		Costa Rica; Panama
	Ninia diademata Baird & Girard, 1853	ringneck coffee snake, culebra de cafetal de collar	Belize; Guatemala; Honduras; Mexico
	Ninia espinali McCranie & Wilson, 1995	Espinal's coffee snake	El Salvador; Honduras
	Ninia franciscoi Angarita-Sierra, 2014		Trinidad
	Ninia hudsoni Parker, 1940	Guiana coffee snake, Hudson's coffee snake	Guiana, Ecuador (Amazonas), Peru (Pasco, Tambopata, Madre de Dios), Brazil (Rondônia), SW Colombia
	Ninia maculata (W. Peters, 1861)	spotted coffee snake	Costa Rica; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
	Ninia pavimentata (Bocourt, 1883)		Guatemala
	Ninia psephota (Cope, 1876)	Cope's coffee snake	Panama, Costa Rica
	Ninia sebae (A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron & A.H.A. Duméril, 1854)	redback coffee snake, culebra de cafetal espalda roja	Mexico and Central America.
	Ninia teresitae Angarita-Sierra & Lynch, 2017		Colombia; Ecuador

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Ninia.
References

"Ninia ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

Genus Ninia at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

Baird SF, Girard C (1853). Catalogue of North American Reptiles in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. Part I.—Serpents. Washington, District of Columbia: xvi + 172 pp. (Ninia, new genus, pp. 49–50).
Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Genus Ninia, p. 104).