Dipsas pratti
| Dipsas pratti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Dipsadinae |
| Genus: | Dipsas |
| Species: | D. pratti |
| Binomial name | |
| Dipsas pratti (Boulenger, 1897) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dipsas pratti or Pratt's snail-eater is a species of arboreal snake of the family Dipsadidae. The species is endemic to northern South America.
Etymology
The specific name, pratti, is in honor of British naturalist Antwerp Edgar Pratt.[2]
Geographic range
D. pratti is found in Colombia and Venezuela.[1]
Biology
Very few examples of D. pratti have been studied, and the first photograph of a live example of this species was only published in 2012.[3]
References
- 1 2 Dipsas pratti at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 1 June 2015.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Dipsas pratti, p. 211).
- ↑ Barros, Tito R.; Robert C. Jadin; José Rances Caicedo-Portilla; Gilson A. Rivas (2012). "Discovery of a rare snail-eater snake in Venezuela (Dipsadinae, Dipsas pratti ), with additions to its natural history and morphology". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 88 (1): 125–134. doi:10.1002/zoos.201200011.
Further reading
- Boulenger, G.A. (1897). "Description of a new Snake from the Andes of Colombia". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Sixth Series 20: 523. (Leptognathus pratti, new species).
- Peters, James A. (1960). "The snakes of the subfamily Dipsadinae". Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan (114): 1-224 + Plates I-VIII. (Dipsas pratti, new combination, pp. 112-115).
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