Ninia hudsoni, also known commonly as the Guyana coffee snake and Hudson's coffee snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to northwestern South America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Genus: | Ninia |
| Species: | N. hudsoni
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| Ninia hudsoni H. Parker, 1940
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Etymology
editThe specific name, hudsoni, is in honor of Mr. C.A. Hudson who collected the holotype of this species, as well as many entomological specimens, for the British Museum (Natural History).[2]
Geographic range
editN. hudsoni is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Peru.[3]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of N. hudsoni is forest, at altitudes of 200–1,300 m (660–4,270 ft).[1]
Description
editA small snake species, N. hudsoni may attain a total length (including tail) of about 42 cm (17 in).[4]
Behavior
editN. hudsoni is terrestrial,[1] living in the leaf litter of the forest.[4]
Reproduction
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Catenazzi, A.; Cisneros-Heredia, D.F.; Gagliardi, G.; Nogueira, C. (2019). "Ninia hudsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T203550A2768349. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T203550A2768349.en. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ninia hudsoni, p. 127).
- ^ a b "Ninia hudsoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ a b Camper, Jeffrey D. (2015). "Ninia hudsoni (Hudson's Coffee Snake). Maximum Size". Herpetological Review 46 (3): 452–453.
Further reading
edit- Lehr, Edgar (2002). Amphibian und Reptilien in Peru. Münster: Natur und Tier Verlag. 208 pp. ISBN 978-3931587680. (in German).
- Parker, H.W. (1940). "Undescribed Anatomical Structures and new Species of Reptiles and Amphibians". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 5: 257–274. (Ninia hudsoni, new species, p. 270).
- Torres-Carvajal, Omar; Pazmiño-Otamendi, Gustavo; Salazar-Valenzuela, David (2019). "Reptiles of Ecuador: a resource-rich online portal, with dynamic checklists and photographic guides". Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13 (1) [General Section]: 209–229 (e178).
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