Dunn's road guarder

Dunn's road guarder
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Crisantophis Villa, 1971
Species:	C. nevermanni
Binomial name
Crisantophis nevermanni (Dunn, 1937)
Synonyms [2]
Conophis nevermanni Dunn, 1937 Crisantophis nevermanni — Villa, 1971

Dunn's road guarder (Crisantophis nevermanni) is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species, which is monotypic in the genus Crisantophis, is native to Central America.

Geographic distribution

Crisantophis nevermanni is found in northwestern Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, western Honduras, and Nicaragua. ^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Crisantophis nevermanni is forest, at altitudes of 4–1,385 m (13–4,544 ft). ^[1]

Behavior

Crisantophis nevermanni is terrestrial and diurnal. ^[1]

Diet

Crisantophis nevermanni preys predominately upon frogs and lizards. ^[1]

Reproduction

Crisantophis nevermanni is oviparous. ^[2]

Etymology

The generic name, Crisantophis, is in honor of Miss Crisanta Cháves, who was director of the Museo Nacional de Nicaragua for over 50 years. ^[3]

The specific name, nevermanni, is in honor of German coleopterist Wilhelm Heinrich Ferdinand Nevermann (1881–1938). ^[4]

References

1. Wilson, L.D.; Townsend, J.H.; Sunyer, J. (2013). "Crisantophis nevermanni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013 e.T203492A2766244. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T203492A2766244.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Crisantophis nevermanni at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 December 2016.
3. Villa (1971).
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Crisantophis nevermanni, p. 189).

Further reading

• Dunn ER (1937). "New or Unnamed Snakes from Costa Rica". Copeia1937 (4): 213–215. (Conophis nevermanni, new species, p. 214).
• Köhler G (2008). Reptiles of Central America, 2nd Edition. Offenbach, Germany: Herpeton Verlag. 400 pp. ISBN   978-3936180282.
• Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. ISBN   0-226-73537-0. (Crisantophis nevermanni, p. 586).
• Villa J (1971). "Crisantophis, A New Genus For Conophis nevermanni Dunn". Journal of Herpetology5 (3-4): 173–177. (Crisantophis nevermanni, new combination). (in English, with an abstract in Spanish).