Dryophylax corocoroensis

Dryophylax corocoroensis is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela[2]

Dryophylax corocoroensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophylax
Species:
D. corocoroensis
Binomial name
Dryophylax corocoroensis
Gorzula & Ayarzagüena, 1996

Taxonomy

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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. corocoroensis

Etymology

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D. corocoroensis is named after its type locality, the summit of Tepuy Corcoro.[2] It is synonymous with Thamnodynastes corocoroensis.[3][4][5]

Description

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Habitat and Behavior

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It inhabits the northwest Tepuis region, in Venezuela, at an elevation of 2150 meters in Bolivar State.

Life cycle

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This species has a viviparous mode of reproduction.

References

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  1. ^ Schargel, W.; Kornacker, P. & Rivas, G. (2015). "Thamnodynastes corocoroensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T177576A67509910.
  2. ^ a b "Dryophylax corocoroensis". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ Jadán, Oswaldo; Mendoza, Zhofre Aguirre (2013-04-01), "Lista de las Especies de Plantas de los Tepuyes de la Cuenca Alta del Río Nangaritza, Cordillera del Cóndor.", Evaluación Ecológica Rápida de la Biodiversidad de los Tepuyes de la Cuenca Alta del Río Nangaritza, Cordillera del Cóndor, Ecuador, SPIE, ISBN 978-1-934151-43-3, retrieved 2024-07-03
  4. ^ Gorzula, Stefan; Sen︣aris, J. Celsa (1998). Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana I: a data base. Scientia Guaianae. Caracas. ISBN 978-980-6020-48-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Crother, Brian I. (2015). "Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. By Van Wallach, Kenneth L. Williams, and Jeff Boundy. Boca Raton (Florida): CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group). $149.95. xxvii + 1209 p.; index. ISBN: 978-1-4822-0847-4. 2014". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 90 (1): 101–102. doi:10.1086/679952. ISSN 0033-5770.