Dryophylax marahuaquensis

Dryophylax marahuaquensis
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. marahuaquensis
Binomial name
Dryophylax marahuaquensis Gorzula & Ayarzagüena, 1996

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

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. marahuaquensis

Etymology

It is named after its type locality, Tepuy Marahuaca. The name is synonymous with Thermodynastes marahuaquensis. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Habitat and behavior

D. marahuaquensis is found in Venezuela's Amazonas region. Its place of origin is Tepuy Marahuaca Norte, 2500 metres above ground level in Amazonas State. ^[2]

Life cycle

They follow a viviparous mode of reproduction. ^[2]

References

1. Schargel, W.; Rivas, G. & Kornacker, P. (2015). "Thamnodynastes marahuaquensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T177555A67509592.
2. "Dryophylax corocoroensis". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
3. Jadán, Oswaldo; Mendoza, Zhofre Aguirre (2013-04-01), "Lista de las Especies de Plantas de los Tepuyes de la Cuenca Alta del Río Nangaritza, Cordillera del Cóndor.", Evaluación Ecológica Rápida de la Biodiversidad de los Tepuyes de la Cuenca Alta del Río Nangaritza, Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, SPIE, doi: 10.1896/054.058.0110 , ISBN   978-1-934151-43-3
4. 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.
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. PMID   33903366.