Dryophylax dixoni explained
Dryophylax dixoni is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Venezuela and Colombia.[1]
Taxonomy
Etymology
D. dixoni is named after American heptologist, James R. Dixon (Texas 1928-2015). It is also called Thamnodynastes dixoni.[2] [3] [4]
Description
This species is characterized as a snake with a typical pattern with smooth, weakly keeled scales arranged in 19-19-15 configuration. It has a divided cloacal plate and chin stripes. Males have 120-160 ventrical scales, while females have 141-150. There are 12-15 maxillary teeth present with 2 enlarged teeth. Most individuals have 12-15+2G teeth organization. Its hemipenis is very slender and spineless.
Habitat and Behavior
D. dixoni is found in Venezuela (Apure) and Southeastern Colombia. Its type locality is Hato La Guanota, 4km west of San Fernando in Apure state.
Life Cycle
It features an ovoviviparous reproductive cycle.
Notes and References
- Web site: Dryophylax dixoni. Reptile Database . 24 January 2019.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
