Sibon lamari

Sibon lamari
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Sibon
Species:	S. lamari
Binomial name
Sibon lamari Solórzano, 2001

Sibon lamari is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, lamari, is in honor of American herpetologist William Wylly Lamar. ^[2]

Geographic range

S. lamari is found in Costa Rica and Panama. ^[3]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of S. lamari is forest, at altitudes of 5–650 m (16–2,133 ft). ^[1]

Behavior

S. lamari is arboreal. ^{[1] [3]}

Diet

S. lamari preys upon snails. ^[1]

Reproduction

S. lamari is oviparous. ^[3]

References

1. Solórzano, A.; Porras, L.W.; Chaves, G.; Acosta Chaves, V. (2022). "Sibon lamari ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T203592A217780509. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sibon lamari, p. 149).
3. Species Sibon lamari at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Campos-Villalobos, Jorge; Pereira-Castillo, Gerald; Serrano-Hernández, Víctor (2020). "New records of the Costa Rican Snaileater, Sibon lamari Solórzano 2001 (Squamata: Dipsadidae), from Alajuela Province, Costa Rica". Reptiles & Amphibians27 (3): 434–435.
• Lotzkat S (2014). Diversity, taxonomy, and biogeography of the reptiles inhabiting the highlands of the Cordillera Central (Serranía de Talamanca and Serranía de Tabasará) in western Panama. Doctoral Dissertation. Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main. 930 pp. (Sibon lamari, pp. 698–700).
• Solórzano A (2001). "Una nueva especie de serpiente del género Sibon (Serpentes: Colubridae) de la vertiente del Caribe de Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical49 (3–4): 1111–1120. (Sibon lamari, new species). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
• Solórzano A (2004). Snakes of Costa Rica: Distribution, taxonomy, and natural history. Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica: Instituto Nacional de Biodiversida. 791 pp. ISBN   9968-927-00-7.