Dryophylax almae

Dryophylax almae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dryophylax
Species:	D. almae
Binomial name
Dryophylax almae Franco & Ferreira, 2003

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]

References

1. 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.
2. "Dryophylax almae ". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
3. 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.
4. 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).
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Franco & Ferreira (2003).

Further reading

• Barbosa DBS, Lima MSCS, Guedes TB (2020). "First record of Thamnodynastes almae Franco & Ferreira, 2002 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae) in the state of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, and updated distribution map". Check List16 (5): 1323–1328.
• Franco FL, Ferreira TG (2003). "Descrição de uma nova espécie de Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae) do nordeste brasileiro, com comentários sobre o gênero". Phyllomedusa1 (2): 57–74. (Thamnodynastes almae, new species). (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).