Pseudoboa martinsi

Pseudoboa martinsi
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:	Pseudoboa
Species:	P. martinsi
Binomial name
Pseudoboa martinsi Zaher, Oliveira & Franco, 2008

Pseudoboa martinsi is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.

Etymology

The specific name, martinsi, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Márcio Roberto Costa Martins. ^{[2] : 170}

Description

Pseudoboa martinsi may attain a total length (tail included) of 1.09 m (3.6 ft). ^[1]

Dorsally, it is black, except for a wide nuchal color which is pale reddish tan. Ventrally it is red, extending up onto the first few rows of dorsal scales. The dorsal scales are smooth, lack apical pits, and in 17 rows at midbody. ^[3]

Geographic range

Pseudoboa martinsi is found in northwestern Brazil, in the Amazon Basin, in the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, and Roraima. ^{[1] [3] [4] : 599}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of Pseudoboa martinsi is forest. ^[1]

Behavior

Pseudoboa martinsi is nocturnal and terrestrial, but it is not adverse to entering water. ^{[1] [3]}

Diet

Stomach contents indicate that Pseudoboa martinsi preys upon smaller termite-eating snakes. ^[1]

Reproduction

Pseudoboa martinsi is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo, A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Strüssmann, C.; Loebmann, D.; Barbo, F.E.; Franco, F.L.; Costa, G.C.; de Moura, G.J.B.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira, M.E.; Hoogmoed, M.S.; Marques, O.A.V.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Kawashita-Ribeiro, R.A.; Sawaya, R.J.; da Costa, T.B.G. (2019). "Pseudoboa martinsi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T203578A123738760. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. xiii + 296. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5.
3. Species Pseudoboa martinsi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
4. Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN   978-1-4822-0848-1. xxviii + 1,209 pp.

Further reading

• Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio; de Albuquerque, Saymon; Barros, Thiago Oliveira; Turci, Luiz Carlos Batista (2012). "Serpentes do Estado de Rondônia, Brasil: Snakes of Rondônia State, Brazil". Biota Neotropica. 12 (3): 1–29. (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).
• Frazão, Luciana; Campos, Juliana; Oliveira, M. Ermelinda; de Carvalho, Vinícius Tadeu; Hrbek, Tomas (2017). "New record and revised distribution map of Pseudoboa martinsi Zaher et al., 2008 (Serpentes: Colubridae: Dipsadinae) in the state of Amazonas, Brazil". Herpetology Notes. 10: 193–195.
• Zaher, Hussam; Oliveira, Maria Ermelinda; Franco, Francisco Luís (2008). "A new, brightly colored species of Pseudoboa Schneider, 1801 from the Amazon Basin (Serpentes, Xenodontinae)". Zootaxa. 1674: 27–37. (Pseudoboa martinsi, new species).