Dipsas pakaraima

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Dipsas pakaraima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species:
D. pakaraima
Binomial name
Dipsas pakaraima

Dipsas pakaraima is an arboreal snake of the family Dipsadidae. [3] It has been placed in the Dipsas temporalis group. [4] It is native to medium and higher elevations in west-central Guyana. [2] It has been collected in Kaieteur National Park and Mount Ayanganna. [5] Its food probably consists of snails and slugs.

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References

  1. Ouboter, P. & Hoogmoed, M. (2017) Dipsas pakaraima. In: IUCN 2016. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022.2.
  2. 1 2 MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2004). "A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana". Revista de Biología Tropical. 52 (1): 239–247. doi: 10.15517/rbt.v52i1.14916 . PMID   17357422.
  3. Dipsas pakaraima at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 13 November 2014.
  4. Harvey, M.B. (2009). "New and poorly known Dipsas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northern South America". Herpetologica. 64 (4): 422–451. doi:10.1655/07-068r1.1. S2CID   86586504.
  5. MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2009). "Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000". Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions. Royal Ontario Museum. 4: 1–36.