Catesby's snail-eater
| Catesby's snail-eater | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. catesbyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipsas catesbyi (Sentzen, 1796)[1] | |
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Catesby's snail-eater (Dipsas catesbyi ), also commonly known as Catesby's snail sucker,[2] is a nocturnal[1] species of nonvenomous snake endemic to northern South America.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, catesbyi, is in honor of English naturalist Mark Catesby.[3]
Geographic range
Dipsas catesbyi is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Guyana,[4] Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.[5]
Habitat
This species lives at altitudes of up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft), in mountainous regions, tropical forests, and lowlands.[1]
Diet
Dipsas catesbyi, like all species in the genus Dipsas, preys on arboreal land snails and slugs.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kornacker P, Lehr E, Lundberg M. 2010. Dipsas catesbyi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
- 1 2 Peters JA. 1956. An Analysis of Variation in a South American Snake, Catesby's Snail-Sucker (Dipsas catesbyi Sentzen). American Museum Novitates (1783): 1-41.
- ↑ 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. (Dipsas catesbyi, 50).
- ↑ Cole, C.J., C.R. Townsend, R.P. Reynolds, R.D. MacCulloch and A. Lathrop (2013). "Amphibians and reptiles of Guyana, South America: Illustrated keys, annotated species accounts, and a biogeographic synopsis". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 125: 317–620. doi:10.2988/0006-324x-125.4.317.
- ↑ Dipsas catesbyi. The Reptile Database. Reptile-database.reptarium.cz. Retrieved on 2013-01-03.
- ↑ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR. 1978 Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Genus Dipsas, pp. 149, 329).
Further reading
- Boulenger GA. 1896. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume III., Containing the Colubridæ (Opisthoglyphæ and Proteroglyphæ), ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiv + 727 pp. + Plates I-XXV. (Leptognathus catesbyi, pp. 449–450).
- Freiberg M. 1982. Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN 0-87666-912-7. (Dipsas catesbyi, p. 93).
- Jan G, Sordelli F. 1870. Iconographie générale des Ophidiens, Trente-septième livraison. Paris: Baillière. Index + Plates I-VI. (Leptognathus catesbyi, Plate II, figure 2). (in French).
- Sentzen UJ. 1796. "Ophiologische Fragmente, 6. Beschreibung des Coluber Catesbeji". Meyer's Zool. Arch. 2: 66-74. (Coluber catesbeji, new species). (in German).
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