Dryophylax nattereri, the Amazon coastal house snake or northern coastal house snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.

Dryophylax nattereri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophylax
Species:
D. nattereri
Binomial name
Dryophylax nattereri
(Mikan, 1820)

Taxonomy

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Full classification
Domain Eukaryota
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Suborder Serpentes
Infraorder Alethinophidia
Superfamily Colubroidea
Family Colubridae
Subfamily Dipsadinae
Clade Caenophidia
Genus Dryophylax
Species D. marahuaquensis

Etymology

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Common names include Amazon Coastal House Snake (pallidus), Northern Coastal House Snake (strigilis). In Portuguese, Cobra-Corre-Campo, Cobra-do-Mato, Corre-Campo, Corredeira, Jararaca-Falsa, Jararaquinha and Ubicorá f, are the common names for this species. [1]

The name is synonymous with Coluber nattereri,[2] Thermodynastes nattereri,[3] Thermodynastes cf. nattereri[4] and Thermodynastes pallidus.[5]

Description

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These snakes contain a pattern of 19-19-15 on dorsal scales. These scales are slightly keeled and smooth. They typically have one apical pit, one preocular scale and two postocular scales. Their hemipenis is marginally bilobed with spiculate and papillate short lobes and calyces. There is a distinct conchal process of the prefrontal bone, and the medial maxillary process of the ectopterygoid can be twice as long as the lateral maxillary process. The articulation of the maxilla- ectopterygoid aligns with the palatinopterygoid articulation.[6]

Habitat and behavior

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The distribution od D. marahuaquensis is several countries in South America. It can be found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil (Amapa, Bahia, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Minas Gerais), Peru, Venezuela (specifically Cojedes), Colombia, Bolivia, and Ecuador.[1] (Kornacker 1999)

Life cycle

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The species exhibit a viviparous mode of reproduction.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dryophylax nattereri". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ Mikan, Johann Christian; Sandler, Wilhelm.; Knapp, Johann.; Miken, Johann Christian.; Strauss, Antonii. (1820). Delectus florae et faunae Brasiliensis : jussu et auspiciis Francisci I, Austriae imperatoris investigatae. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Sumptubus auctoris.
  3. ^ Condez, Thais Helena; Sawaya, Ricardo Jannini; Dixo, Marianna (March 2009). "Herpetofauna dos remanescentes de Mata Atlântica da região de Tapiraí e Piedade, SP, sudeste do Brasil". Biota Neotropica. 9 (1): 157–185. doi:10.1590/s1676-06032009000100018. ISSN 1676-0603.
  4. ^ Nogueira, Cristiano C.; Argôlo, Antonio J.S.; Arzamendia, Vanesa; Azevedo, Josué A.; Barbo, Fausto E.; Bérnils, Renato S.; Bolochio, Bruna E.; Borges-Martins, Marcio; Brasil-Godinho, Marcela; Braz, Henrique; Buononato, Marcus A.; Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.; Colli, Guarino R.; Costa, Henrique C.; Franco, Francisco L. (2019-12-31). "Atlas of Brazilian Snakes: Verified Point-Locality Maps to Mitigate the Wallacean Shortfall in a Megadiverse Snake Fauna". South American Journal of Herpetology. 14 (sp1): 1. doi:10.2994/sajh-d-19-00120.1. ISSN 1808-9798.
  5. ^ 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). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4952.2.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
  6. ^ Trevine, Vivian C.; Grazziotin, Felipe G.; Giraudo, Alejandro; Sallaberry‐Pincheira, Nicole; Vianna, Juliana A.; Zaher, Hussam (2022-09-06). "The systematics of Tachymenini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): An updated classification based on molecular and morphological evidence". Zoologica Scripta. 51 (6): 643–663. doi:10.1111/zsc.12565. ISSN 0300-3256.