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Dryophylax duida

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Dryophylax duida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophylax
Species:
D. duida
Binomial name
Dryophylax duida
Myers & Donnelly, 1996

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

Taxonomy[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

It is synonymous with Thamnodynastes duida [3][4][5]

Description[edit]

Habitat and behavior[edit]

It is found in the summit of Cerro Duida region at the southern end, in the valleys between peaks 7 and 16, approximately 2015 metres above ground.[2]

Life cycle[edit]

Mode of reproduction of D. duida is viviparous.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schargel, W.; Kornacker, P. & Rivas, G. (2015). "Thamnodynastes duida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T49845716A115401941.
  2. ^ a b c "Dryophylax duida". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ Myers, Charles W.; Donnelly, Maureen A. (May 2001). <0001:hotycm>2.0.co;2 "Herpetofauna of the Yutajé–Corocoro Massif, Venezuela: Second Report From the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 261: 1–85. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2001)261<0001:hotycm>2.0.co;2. ISSN 0003-0090.
  4. ^ Cadle, John E. (2001). "A Checklist and Key to the Snakes of Venezuela/lista SistemÁtica y Clave Para Las Serpientes de Venezuela". Copeia. 2001 (1): 293–294. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0293:br]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0045-8511.
  5. ^ 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.