Dryophylax hypoconia

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Dryophylax hypoconia
Thamnodynastes hypoconia in Lencois Maranhenses National Park - ZooKeys-246-051-g007-F.jpeg
Dryophylax hypoconia
in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophylax
Species:
D. hypoconia
Binomial name
Dryophylax hypoconia
(Cope, 1860)

Dryophylax hypoconia is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

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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. hypoconia

Etymology

Common names of the species are

Synonymous with

Description

Geographic range

D. hypoconia is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is distributed around several regions in Suuth America. In Brazil, it can be found in Rio Grande do Sul, Goias, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro. In Argentina, its range includes Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones, Entre Rios, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires and Cordoba provinces. [7]

The type locality of this species is Buenos Aires, Argentina. [7]

Life cycle

The species is viviparous. Clutch sizes typically range from 4-16 embryos, and there is no significant relationship between clutches size and female's body size. Oviposition occurs from January to April. [8]

References

  1. Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Montero, R. & Williams, J. (2019). "Thamnodynastes hypoconia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T15183091A15183105.
  2. Catalogue of the Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: J. Dobson, Chesnut Street. 1837.
  3. Sena, Marco Aurelio de. Levantamento da fauna e estudo cromossômico de algumas espécies de Reptilia, Squamata, do município de Cananéia, SP (Thesis). Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA).
  4. 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.
  5. TREVINE, VIVIAN C.; CAICEDO-PORTILLA, JOSÉ RANCÉS; HOOGMOED, MARINUS; THOMAS, ROBERT A.; FRANCO, FRANCISCO L.; MONTINGELLI, GIOVANNA G.; OSORNO-MUÑOZ, MARIELA; ZAHER, HUSSAM (2021-04-09). "A new species of Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 from western Amazonia, with notes on morphology for members of the Thamnodynastes pallidus group (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Tachymenini)" . Zootaxa. 4952 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4952.2.2. ISSN   1175-5334.
  6. Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Argôlo, Antonio J.S.; Arzamendia, Vanesa; Azevedo, Josué A.; Barbo, Fausto E.; Bérnils, Renato S.; Bolochio, Bruna E.; Borges-Martins, Marcio; Brasil-Godinho, Marcela; Braz, Henrique; Buononato, Marcus A.; Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.; Colli, Guarino R.; Costa, Henrique C.; Franco, Francisco L. (2019-12-31). "Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna" . South American Journal of Herpetology. 14 (sp1): 1. doi:10.2994/sajh-d-19-00120.1. ISSN   1808-9798.
  7. 1 2 Species Dryophylax hypoconia at The Reptile Database
  8. REBELATO, MARLUCI M.; PONTES, GLÁUCIA M.F.; TOZETTI, ALEXANDRO M. (2016-07-11). "Reproductive biology of Thamnodynastes hypoconia (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) in Brazilian subtemperate wetlands". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 88 (3 suppl): 1699–1709. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201620140569. ISSN   1678-2690.

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