Dryophylax yavi

Dryophylax yavi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dryophylax
Species:	D. yavi
Binomial name
Dryophylax yavi Myers & Donnelly, 1996

Dryophylax yavi 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. yavi

Etymology

Named after its type locality, summit of Cerro Yaví. ^[2] It is synonymous with Thermodynastes yavi. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Habitat and behavior

Its origin place is the summit of Cerro Yavi in Amazonas, Venezuela. They are usually found at an elevation of 2150 metres. ^[2]

Life cycle

The mode of reproduction followed by D. yavi is viviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Rivas, G. & Schargel, W. (2016). "Thamnodynastes yavi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T49845732A49845734.
2. "Dryophylax yavi". 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. (February 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. 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.