Dipsas pakaraima

Dipsas pakaraima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dipsas
Species: D. pakaraima
Binomial name
Dipsas pakaraima
MacCulloch & Lathrop, 2004[1]

Dipsas pakaraima is an arboreal snake of the family Dipsadidae.[2] It has been placed in the Dipsas temporalis group.[3] It is native to medium and higher elevations in west-central Guyana.[1] It has been collected in Kaieteur National Park and Mount Ayanganna.[4] Its food probably consists of snails and slugs.

References

  1. 1 2 MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2004). "A new species of Dipsas (Squamata: Colubridae) from Guyana". Revista de Biología Tropical 52: 239–247.
  2. Dipsas pakaraima at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 13 November 2014.
  3. Harvey, M.B. (2009). "New and poorly known Dipsas (Serpentes: Colubridae) from northern South America". Herpetologica 64: 422–451. doi:10.1655/07-068r1.1.
  4. MacCulloch, R.D. and A. Lathrop (2009). "Herpetofauna of Mount Ayanganna, Guyana. Results of the Royal Ontario Museum Ayanganna Expedition 2000". Royal Ontario Museum Science Contributions 4: 1–36.
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