Pseudoboa haasi
Appearance
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Pseudoboa haasi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Colubridae |
Genus: | Pseudoboa |
Species: | P. haasi
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Binomial name | |
Pseudoboa haasi (Boettger, 1905)
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Synonyms[2] | |
Pseudoboa haasi, also known commonly as the Paraná false boa, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Argentina and Brazil.
Etymology
[edit]The specific name, haasi, is in honor Albrecht Haas who collected the holotype.[3]
Geographic range
[edit]P. haasi is found in southern Brazil, in the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina; and in extreme northeastern Argentina, in the province of Misiones.[1][2]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred natural habitat of P. haasi is forest, but it also can survive in disturbed areas.[1]
Behavior
[edit]P. haasi is terrestrial and diurnal.[1]
Diet
[edit]P. haasi preys upon lizards, snakes, and small mammals.[1]
Reproduction
[edit]P. haasi is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is 4–7 eggs.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Martins, M.R.C.; de Alencar, L.R.V.; Gaiarsa, M.P. (2019). "Pseudoboa haasi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T177570A61320578. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Species Pseudoboa haasi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Pseudoboa haasi, p. 113).
Further reading
[edit]- Boettger O (1905). "Reptilien aus dem Staate Parana". Zoologischer Anzeiger 29 (11): 373–375. (Oxyrrhopus haasi, new species, pp. 374–375). (in German).
- Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Pseudoboa haasi, p. 107).
- Giraudo AR, Scrocchi GJ (2002). "Argentinian Snakes: An Annotated Checklist". Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service (132): 1–53. (Pseudoboa haasi, p. 34).