Dryophylax duida

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Dryophylax duida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophylax
Species:
D. duida
Binomial name
Dryophylax duida
Myers & Donnelly, 1996

Dryophylax duida is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela. [2]

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Taxonomy

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

Etymology

It is synonymous with Thamnodynastes duida [3] [4] [5]

Description

Habitat and behavior

It is found in the summit of Cerro Duida region at the southern end, in the valleys between peaks 7 and 16, approximately 2015 metres above ground. [2]

Life cycle

Mode of reproduction of D. duida is viviparous. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Schargel, W.; Kornacker, P. & Rivas, G. (2015). "Thamnodynastes duida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T49845716A115401941.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dryophylax duida". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Myers, Charles W.; Donnelly, Maureen A. (May 2001). <0001:hotycm>2.0.co;2 "Herpetofauna of the Yutajé–Corocoro Massif, Venezuela: Second Report From the Robert G. Goelet American Museum-Terramar Expedition to the Northwestern Tepuis". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 261: 1–85. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2001)261<0001:hotycm>2.0.co;2. ISSN   0003-0090.
  4. ↑ Cadle, John E. (2001). "A Checklist and Key to the Snakes of Venezuela/lista SistemÁtica y Clave Para Las Serpientes de Venezuela". Copeia. 2001 (1): 293–294. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0293:br]2.0.co;2. ISSN   0045-8511.
  5. ↑ Crother, Brian I. (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.
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