Dryophylax ceibae explained

Dryophylax ceibae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela.^[1]

Taxonomy

Domain

Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Reptilia
Order	Squamata
Suborder	Serpentes
Infraorder	Alethinophidia
Superfamily	Colubroidea
Family	Colubridae
Clade	Caenophidia
Genus	Dryophylax
Species	D. ceibae

Etymology

This species is named for its type locality, La Ceiba, Trujillo, Venenzuela.

It is also referred to as Thermodynastes ceibae. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Description

D caibae is a slender snake, featuring weakly keeled dorsal scales, arranged in 19-19-13 rows. It has a divided cloacal plate, and its hemipenis is short and slender, lacking noticeable ornamentation. It has 19 maxillary teeth with two enlarged teeth (19+ 2G).

Habitat and behavior

The snake is native to Venezuela, occurring near sea-level, especially in La Ceiba, Trujillo.

Life cycle

They have a ovoviparous reproductive system.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dryophylax ceibae . Reptile Database . 26 January 2019.
2. Bailey . Joseph R. . Thomas . Robert A. . Silva Jr . Nelson Jorge da . 2005-12-01 . 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 Herpetology . 4 . 2 . 83 . 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i2p83-101 . 2316-9079.
3. 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 . 10.1086/679952 . 0033-5770.
4. TREVINE . VIVIAN C. . CAICEDO-PORTILLA . JOSÉ RANCÉS . HOOGMOED . MARINUS . THOMAS . ROBERT A. . FRANCO . FRANCISCO L. . MONTINGELLI . GIOVANNA G. . OSORNO-MUÑOZ . MARIELA . ZAHER . HUSSAM . 2021-04-09 . A new species of Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 from western Amazonia, with notes on morphology for members of the Thamnodynastes pallidus group (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Tachymenini) . Zootaxa . 4952 . 2 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.2.2 . 1175-5334.