Zonateres

Zonateres
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Zonateres Trevine et al., 2022
Species:	Z. lanei
Binomial name
Zonateres lanei (Bailey, R.A. Thomas & da Silva Jr., 2005)
Synonyms [2]
Thamnodynastes lanei Bailey, R.A. Thomas & da Silva Jr., 2005

Zonateres is a genus of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The genus is monotypic, containing the sole species Zonateres lanei, which is native to South America. ^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, lanei, is in honor of Brazilian entomologist Frederico Lane. ^[3]

Common names

Common names for Z. lanei include Lane's house snake in English, ^[3] and cobra-espada and corre-campo in Brazilian Portuguese. ^[2]

Description

Z. lanei has strongly keeled dorsal scales, which are arranged in 17 rows on the neck, in 17 rows at midbody, and in 15 rows towards the cloaca. Each dorsal scale has two apical pits. ^[2]

Geographic range

Z. lanei is found in Argentina, ^[1] Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. ^{[1] [2]}

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of Z. lanei are forest and savanna. ^[1]

Behavior

Z. lanei is terrestrial and nocturnal. ^[1]

Diet

Z. lanei preys upon frogs. ^[1]

Reproduction

Z. lanei is viviparous. ^[2]

References

1. Aparicio, J.; Avila-Pires, T.C.S.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Moravec, J. (2021). "Zonateres lanei ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T15183119A15183122. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
2. Zonateres lanei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
3. 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. (Thamnodynastes lanei, p. 150).

Further reading

• Bailey JR, Thomas RA, da Silva NJ Jr (2005). "A revision of the South American snake genus Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae, Tachymenini): I. Two new species of Thamnodynastes from Central Brazil and adjacent areas, with a redefinition of and neotype designation for Thamnodynastes pallidus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology4 (2): 83–101. (Thamnodynastes lanei, new species).
• Coelho, Rafael Damasceno Fernandes; De Souza, Kariny; Weider, Alisson Guedes; Pereira, Luiz C. M.; Ribeiro, Leonardo B. (2013). "Overview of the distribution of snakes of the genus Thamnodynastes (Dipsadidae) in northeastern Brazil, with new records and remarks on their morphometry and pholidosis". Herpetology Notes6 (1): 355–360. (Thamnodynastes lanei).
• Trevine VC, Grazziotin FG, Giraudo A, Sallaberry-Pinchera N, Vianna JA, Zaher H (2022). "The systematics of Tachymenini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): An updated classification based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zoologica Scripta51 (6): 643–663. (Zonateres, new genus; Z. lanei, new combination).