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.

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. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T49845698A49845700.en .
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.