Dryophylax chimanta explained
Dryophylax chimanta (also known as Roze's coastal house snake) is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela[1] and only known from the Chimantá tepui.
Taxonomy
Etymology
This species is named after its type locality which is Chimantá Tepui, Bolívar, Venezuela.
Also called Thermodynastes chimanta. [2] [3] [4]
Habitat and Behavior
D. chimanta is regarded as partly arboreal.[5]
Life cycle
Its reproductive cycle is viviparous.
Notes and References
- Web site: Dryophylax chimanta . Reptile Database . 24 January 2019.
- MYERS . CHARLES W. . DONNELLY . MAUREEN A. . 2001 . HERPETOFAUNA OF THE YUTAJÉ–COROCORO MASSIF, VENEZUELA: SECOND REPORT FROM THE ROBERT G. GOELET AMERICAN MUSEUM–TERRAMAR EXPEDITION TO THE NORTHWESTERN TEPUIS . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 261 . 1–85 . 10.1206/0003-0090(2001)261<0001:hotycm>2.0.co;2 . 0003-0090.
- Book: Gorzula, Stefan . Contribution to the herpetofauna of the Venezuelan Guayana I: a data base . Sen︣aris . J. Celsa . 1998 . 978-980-6020-48-1 . Scientia Guaianae . Caracas.
- 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.
- Harrington . Sean M . de Haan . Jordyn M . Shapiro . Lindsey . Ruane . Sara . 2018-07-20 . Habits and characteristics of arboreal snakes worldwide: arboreality constrains body size but does not affect lineage diversification . Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 125 . 1 . 61–71 . 10.1093/biolinnean/bly097 . 0024-4066.
