Dryophylax almae

Dryophylax almae
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dryophylax
Species:	D. almae
Binomial name
	Dryophylax almae; Franco & Ferreira, 2003

Last updated July 29, 2024

Dryophylax almae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.^[2]^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, almae, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Sylvia Alma Renata Lemos Romano-Hoge.^[4]

Another name for the species is Thamnodynastes almae.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Common name include Jararaca, Jararaca-Falsa, Jararaquinha (Portuguese).^[2]

Geographic range

D. almae is found in the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. almae is shrubland.^[1]

Description

Pale in coloration for its genus, D almae has keeled dorsal scales, which are arranged in 19 rows at midbody and in 15 rows posteriorly.^[8]

Reproduction

D. almae is viviparous.^[2]

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References

1 2 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. (2019). "Thamnodynastes almae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T15183082A123741026. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15183082A123741026.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 "Dryophylax almae ". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
↑ Franco, Francisco L. (15 August 2017). "A new species of Thamnodynastes from the open areas of central and northeastern Brazil (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Tachymenini)". Salamandra. 53 (3): 339–350.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thamnodynastes almae, p. 6).
↑ Franco, Francisco L.; Ferreira, Talita Gancev (2002-12-01). "Descrição de uma nova espécie de Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae) do nordeste brasileiro, com comentários sobre o gênero". Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 57. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v1i2p57-74. ISSN 2316-9079.
↑ Crother, Brian I. (March 2015). "Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. By Van Wallach, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Boundy. Boca Raton (Florida): CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). $149.95. xxvii + 1209 p.; index. ISBN: 978-1-4822-0847-4. 2014". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 90 (1): 101–102. doi:10.1086/679952. ISSN 0033-5770.
↑ Trevine, Vivian C.; Grazziotin, Felipe G.; Giraudo, Alejandro; Sallaberry-Pincheira, Nicole; Vianna, Juliana A.; Zaher, Hussam (2022-09-06). "The systematics of Tachymenini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): An updated classification based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zoologica Scripta. 51 (6): 643–663. doi:10.1111/zsc.12565. ISSN 0300-3256.
↑ Franco & Ferreira (2003).