Bluebelly Java snake

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Bluebelly Java snake
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Tetralepis
Boettger, 1892
Species:
T. fruhstorferi
Binomial name
Tetralepis fruhstorferi
Boettger, 1892

The bluebelly Java snake (Tetralepis fruhstorferi), also known commonly as Fruhstorfer's mountain snake and the Javan bluebelly snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species, which is the only member of the genus Tetralepis, [2] is endemic to Java. [1] [3]

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Etymology

The specific name, fruhstorferi, is in honor of German lepidopterist Hans Fruhstorfer, who collected the holotype. [4]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of T. fruhstorferi is forest, at altitudes of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft). [1]

Description

Dorsally, T. fruhstorferi is dark reddish brown, with an indistinct darker vertebral line. Ventrally, it is lead-colored or reddish gray. The holotype has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 43.2 cm (17.0 in), plus a tail length of 7.0 cm (2.8 in). [5]

Behavior

T. fruhstorferi is terrestrial, semi-fossorial, and nocturnal or crepuscular. [1]

Reproduction

The mode of reproduction of T. fruhstorferi is unknown. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Iskandar, D.; Inger, R.F.; Das, I. (2012). "Tetralepis fruhstorferi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T192222A2057749. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192222A2057749.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Tetralepis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 Tetralepis fruhstorferi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 December 2016.
  4. 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. (Tetralepis fruhstorferi, p. 95).
  5. Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I–XXVIII. (Tetralepis fruhstorferi, p. 320).

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