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Table 1 Number of snake species included by each social group in each of the ethnocategories. Adults 27 to 74 years old, young people (12 to 15 years old) and children (6 and 12 years old)

From: Nahua biocultural richness: an ethnoherpetological perspective

Náhuatl name

Spanish name

Total spp included

   

Adults

Young people

Children

1.

_______

Cinta/cuarta

7

a

 

2.

Akohuatl

_______

5

1

 

3.

Cajfenkohuatl

_______

 

1

 

4.

Kochipi

Dormilona

2

  

5.

Kohuatl

Serpiente

9

  

6.

Ezkohuatl

Coralillo

10

2

3

7.

Ilamakohuatl

_______

6

1

4

8.

Mazakohuatl

_______

1

 

2

9.

Nakaskohuatl

Orejona

2

1

 

10.

Naranjaskohuatl

_______

 

1

 

11.

Palanca

_______

2

 

1

12.

Palane

Cinta venenosa

1

  

13.

Petlakohuatl

_______

1

  

14.

Petlasolkohuatl

_______

1

  

15.

Quimichkohuatl

_______

1

1

 

16.

Tenexkohuatl

_______

1

 

1

17.

Tepexilokohuatl

_______

 

1

3

18.

Tepotzo

_______

6

1

2

19.

Tepotzonsi/Tsintornillo

Sin tornillo

2

1

 

20.

Tlilkohuatl

Ratonera

2

1

1

21.

Xochinawiyak

_______

1

1

 
  1. a The ethnocategories did not include any of the species shown in the photographs