Dendrelaphis subocularis

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Dendrelaphis subocularis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Ahaetuliinae
Genus: Dendrelaphis
Species:
D. subocularis
Binomial name
Dendrelaphis subocularis
(Boulenger, 1888)

Dendrelaphis subocularis, commonly known as the mountain bronzeback or Burmese bronzeback, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae from Southeast Asia.

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Taxonomy

Dendrelaphis subocularis belongs to the genus Dendrelaphis , which contains 48 other described species. [2]

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: [3]

Ahaetuliinae

Distribution

The species is found in Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China (Yunnan), and Indonesia (Java). [4]

Behavior

The snake is diurnal and fully arboreal, and has oviparous reproduction. [4]

References

  1. Wogan, G.; Chan-Ard, T. (2012). "Dendrelaphis subocularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T191970A2022632. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T191970A2022632.en .
  2. Genus Dendrelaphis at The Reptile Database.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 Dendrelaphis subocularis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 17 June 2024.