Dryophylax chaquensis

Dryophylax chaquensis
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. chaquensis
Binomial name
Dryophylax chaquensis Bergna & Alvarez, 1993

Dryophylax chaquensis, commonly known as Jararaca-Falsa (Portuguese), is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. ^[2] The species is endemic to Brazil.

Taxonomy

Full Classification

Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Suborder	Serpentes
Infraorder	Alethinophidia
Superfamily	Colubroidea
Family	Colubridae
Clade	Caenophidia
Genus	Dryophylax
Species	D. chaquensis

Etymology

It is named after the type locality in the Argentinian Chaco. ^[3] Another name for it is Thermodynastes chaquensis. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Habitat and Behavior

This species is partly aboreal. ^[8] This species is found in Paraguay (Neembucu), Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina (Santa Fe, Formosa, Chaco, Jujuy). ^[3]

Life cycle

D. chaquensis has a vivparous mode of reproduction. ^[3]

References

1. Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Kacoliris, F.; Montero, R.; Pelegrin, N.; Scrocchi, G. & Williams, J. (2019). "Thamnodynastes chaquensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T49845698A49845700.
2. Carrillo, Juan Fernando Cuestas. "Predation of Thamnodynastes chaquensis (Serpentes, Colubridae) upon Elachistocleis matogrosso (Anura, Microhylidae) in the Brazilian Pantanal". Herpetology Notes. 10: 355–357.
3. "Dryophylax chaquensis". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
4. Burgos Gallardo, Freddy; Baldo, Jorge Luis; Baldo, Juan Diego (2020-05-01). "Taxocenosis de las Serpientes (Sauropsida: Squamata) de la provincia de Jujuy, Argentina". Cuadernos de Herpetología. 34 (1): 53–77. doi: 10.31017/cdh.2020.(2019-042) . ISSN   1852-5768.
5. Di Fonzo de Abalos, Adriana; Bucher, Enrique H. (2023-12-06). "La fauna de serpientes de la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina". Ecosur: 89–98. doi: 10.30972/eco.8167183 . ISSN   0325-108X.
6. Santos, Tiago Gomes dos; Cechin, Sonia Z. (2008-04-01). "Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylus chaquensis: Distribution extension in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil". Check List. 4 (2): 142. doi: 10.15560/4.2.142 . hdl: 11449/42690 . ISSN   1809-127X.
7. 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.
8. Harrington, Sean M; de Haan, Jordyn M; Shapiro, Lindsey; Ruane, Sara (2018-07-20). "Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125 (1): 61–71. doi:10.1093/biolinnean/bly097. ISSN   0024-4066.