Dryophylax chaquensis explained

Dryophylax chaquensis, commonly known as Jararaca-Falsa (Portuguese), is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.^[1] The species is endemic to Brazil.

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. chaquensis

Etymology

It is named after the type locality in the Argentinian Chaco.^[2] Another name for it is Thermodynastes chaquensis. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Habitat and Behavior

This species is partly aboreal.^[7] This species is found in Paraguay (Neembucu), Uruguay, Brazil, and Argentina (Santa Fe, Formosa, Chaco, Jujuy).

Life cycle

D. chaquensis has a vivparous mode of reproduction.

Notes and References

1. Carrillo . Juan Fernando Cuestas . Predation of Thamnodynastes chaquensis (Serpentes, Colubridae) upon Elachistocleis matogrosso (Anura, Microhylidae) in the Brazilian Pantanal . Herpetology Notes . 10 . 355–357.
2. Web site: Dryophylax chaquensis . 2024-07-03 . The Reptile Database.
3. Burgos Gallardo . Freddy . Baldo . Jorge Luis . Baldo . Juan Diego . 2020-05-01 . Taxocenosis de las Serpientes (Sauropsida: Squamata) de la provincia de Jujuy, Argentina . Cuadernos de Herpetología . 34 . 1 . 53–77 . 10.31017/cdh.2020.(2019-042) . 1852-5768.
4. Di Fonzo de Abalos . Adriana . Bucher . Enrique H. . 2023-12-06 . La fauna de serpientes de la provincia de Córdoba, Argentina . Ecosur . 89–98 . 10.30972/eco.8167183 . 0325-108X.
5. Santos . Tiago Gomes dos . Cechin . Sonia Z. . 2008-04-01 . Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae, Leptodactylus chaquensis: Distribution extension in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil . Check List . 4 . 2 . 142 . 10.15560/4.2.142 . free . 1809-127X. 11449/42690 . free .
6. Crother . Brian I. . March 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.
7. 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.