Dendrelaphis haasi

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Dendrelaphis haasi
Dendrelaphis haasi, Haas's bronzeback - Khao Sok National Park (50374361768).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species:
D. haasi
Binomial name
Dendrelaphis haasi

Dendrelaphis haasi, also known commonly as Haas' bronzeback, Haas's bronzeback, Haas's bronzeback snake, and Haas's bronzeback tree snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, haasi, is in honor of Dutch herpetologist C.P.J. de Haas. [2]

Taxonomy

Dendrelaphis haasi belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis , which contains 48 other described species. [3]

Dendrelaphis is one of five genera belonging to the vine snake subfamily Ahaetuliinae, of which Dendrelaphis is most closely related to Chrysopelea , as shown in the cladogram below: [4]

Ahaetuliinae

Geographic range

D. haasi is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. [5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. haasi is forest, at altitudes near to sea level, but it has also been found in gardens. [1]

Description

D. haasi is slender and has a very long tail, which is 34% to 38% of its total length. [5] The holotype has a snout-to-vent length of 57.5 cm (22.6 in), plus a tail length of 33 cm (13 in). [6]

Behavior

D. haasi is diurnal and fully arboreal. [5]

Diet

D. haasi preys upon frogs and lizards. [1]

Reproduction

D. haasi is oviparous. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Vogel, G.; Wogan, G.; Grismer, L.; Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Dendrelaphis haasi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T191993A2025179. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. 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. (Dendrelaphis haasi, p. 113).
  3. Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database.
  4. Mallik, Ashok Kumar; Achyuthan, N. Srikanthan; Ganesh, Sumaithangi R.; Pal, Saunak P.; Vijayakumar, S. P.; Shanker, Kartik (27 July 2019). "Discovery of a deeply divergent new lineage of vine snake (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae: Proahaetulla gen. nov.) from the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India with a revised key for Ahaetuliinae". PLOS ONE . 14 (7): e0218851. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1418851M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218851 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   6636718 . PMID   31314800.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Dendrelaphis haasi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 February 2016.
  6. van Rooijen J, Vogel G (2008).

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