Amaral's ground snake

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Amaral's ground snake
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Caaeteboia
Species:
C. amarali
Binomial name
Caaeteboia amarali
(Wettstein, 1930)
Synonyms [2]
  • Liophis amarali
    Wettstein, 1930
  • Caaeteboia amarali
    Zaher et al., 2009

Amaral's ground snake (Caaeteboia amarali) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

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Etymology

The specific name, amarali, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral. [3]

Geographic range

C. amarali is found in eastern Brazil, in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and Santa Catarina. [2]

Description

C. amarali is a small-sized, aglyphous, slender snake with a moderately long tail. [2] [4]

Behavior

C. amarali is diurnal, partly arboreal, and exhibits dorsal flattening and cloacal evacuation as defensive behaviors (Marques et al. 2001). [2] [4]

Diet

The diet of C. amarali consists of frogs and lizards. [2] [4]

Reproduction

C. amarali is oviparous. [2] [4]

References

  1. Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2021). "Caaeteboia amarali". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T190545A96476675. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T190545A96476675.pt .
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Caaeteboia amarali at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
  3. 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. (Liophis amarali, p. 7).
  4. 1 2 3 4 Passos, Paulo; Ramos, Luciana; Pereira, Donizete Neves (2012). "Distribution, natural history, and morphology of the rare snake, Caaeteboia amarali (Serpentes: Dipsadidae)". Salamandra. 48: 51–57 via ResearchGate.

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