Urotheca guentheri explained

Urotheca guentheri, also known commonly as Günther's graceful brown snake and the striped glasstail, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America.

Etymology

The specific name, guentheri, is in honor of German-born British herpetologist Albert Günther.^[1]

Geographic range

U. guentheri is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of U. guentheri is forest, at altitudes of .

Description

Dorsally, U. guentheri is dark brown with white lines. Ventrally, it is reddish orange. It may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of .^[2]

Diet

U. guentheri preys predominately on frogs.

Reproduction

U. guentheri is oviparous.

Further reading

• Dunn ER (1938). "A New Rhadinaea from Central America". Copeia 1938 (4): 197–198. (Rhadinaea güntheri, replacement name for Tachymenis decipiens, p. 198).
• Günther ACLG (1895). Biologia Centrali-Americana. Reptilia and Batrachia. London: Godman & Salvin. (Taylor and Francis, printers). 326 pp. + Plates 1–76. (Tachymenis decipiens, new species, p. 163 + Plate 53, figure a, two views).
• Peters JA, Orejas-Miranda B (1970). "Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata. Part 1. Snakes". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (297): 1–347. (Rhadinaea guentheri, p. 265).
• Savage JM (2002). The Amphibians and Reptiles of Costa Rica: A Herpetofauna between Two Continents, between Two Seas. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press. xx + 945 pp. . (Urotheca guentheri, p. 645).

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]
2. [Albert Günther|Günther ACLG]