Tachymenoides harrisonfordi LEHR, CUSI, FERNANDES, VERA & CATENAZZI, 2023

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Higher Taxa	Colubridae (Dipsadinae), Colubroidea, Caenophidia, Alethinophidia, Serpentes, Squamata (snakes)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Harrison Ford’s Slender Snake
Synonym	Tachymenoides harrisonfordi LEHR, CUSI, FERNANDES, VERA & CATENAZZI 2023
Distribution	Peru (Junin) Type locality: puna of the Otishi National Park (12°19’23.10” S, 73°35’43.54” W; WGS84), 3248 m a.s.l., Distrito Río Tambo, Provincia Satipo, Region Junín, Peru.
Reproduction
Types	Holotype (Figs 4–6): MUSM 40925 (field number IWU 404), a male, collected on 22 May 2022 by E. Lehr, J. C. Cusi, M. I. Fernandez, and R. J. Vera.
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Named after Harrison Ford, actor and conservationist, in recognition of his work for Conservation International and his voice for nature (e.g., “Nature is speaking – Harrison Ford is The Ocean”).
References	Lehr, Edgar; Juan C. Cusi, Maura I. Fernandez, Ricardo J. Vera & Alessandro Catenazzi 2023. A new species of Tachymenoides (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Tachymenini) from the puna of the Otishi National Park in Peru. Salamandra 59 (3): 199–206 - get paper here
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C9970EA1-02FF-480A-8B71-731E… https://www.facebook.com/groups/stshc/posts/553020406922562/ Google images

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