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Dryophylax ceibae

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Dryophylax ceibae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophylax
Species:
D. ceibae
Binomial name
Dryophylax ceibae
Bailey & Thomas, 2007

Dryophylax ceibae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.[2]

Taxonomy

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Full Classification
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Suborder Serpentes
Infraorder Alethinophidia
Superfamily Colubroidea
Family Colubridae
Clade Caenophidia
Genus Dryophylax
Species D. ceibae

Etymology

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This species is named for its type locality, La Ceiba, Trujillo, Venenzuela.[2]

It is also referred to as Thermodynastes ceibae. [3][4][5]

Description

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D caibae is a slender snake, featuring weakly keeled dorsal scales, arranged in 19-19-13 rows. It has a divided cloacal plate, and its hemipenis is short and slender, lacking noticeable ornamentation. It has 19 maxillary teeth with two enlarged teeth (19+ 2G). [2]

Habitat and behavior

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The snake is native to Venezuela, occurring near sea-level, especially in La Ceiba, Trujillo.[2]

Life cycle

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They have a ovoviparous reproductive system.

References

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  1. ^ Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. (2015). "Thamnodynastes ceibae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T49845690A115401704.
  2. ^ a b c d "Dryophylax ceibae". Reptile Database. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. ^ Bailey, Joseph R.; Thomas, Robert A.; Silva Jr, Nelson Jorge da (2005-12-01). "A revision of the South American snake genus Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Tachymenini): I. Two new species of Thamnodynastes from Central Brazil and adjacent areas, with a redefinition of and neotype designation for Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology. 4 (2): 83. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i2p83-101. ISSN 2316-9079.
  4. ^ Crother, Brian I. (2015). "Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. By Van Wallach, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Boundy. Boca Raton (Florida): CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). $149.95. xxvii + 1209 p.; index. ISBN: 978-1-4822-0847-4. 2014". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 90 (1): 101–102. doi:10.1086/679952. ISSN 0033-5770.
  5. ^ TREVINE, VIVIAN C.; CAICEDO-PORTILLA, JOSÉ RANCÉS; HOOGMOED, MARINUS; THOMAS, ROBERT A.; FRANCO, FRANCISCO L.; MONTINGELLI, GIOVANNA G.; OSORNO-MUÑOZ, MARIELA; ZAHER, HUSSAM (2021-04-09). "A new species of Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 from western Amazonia, with notes on morphology for members of the Thamnodynastes pallidus group (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Tachymenini)". Zootaxa. 4952 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4952.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334.