Dryophylax hypoconia

Dryophylax hypoconia
	Dryophylax hypoconia ; in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Serpentes
Family:	Colubridae
Genus:	Dryophylax
Species:	D. hypoconia
Binomial name
	Dryophylax hypoconia; (Cope, 1860)

Dryophylax hypoconia is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America.

Taxonomy

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. hypoconia

Etymology

Common names of the species are

Cobra-Cipó
Cobra-Espada
Corre-Campo-Carenada
Corredeira-Carenada
Corredeira-Comum
Corredeira-do-Campo
Jararaca-Falsa
Jararaquinha

Synonymous with

Tachymenis hypoconia- COPE 1860^[2]
Thamnodynastes nattereri- BOULENGER 1896
Dryophylax pallidus strigilis- SERIÉ 1936^[3]^[4]
Thamnodynastes hypoconia ^[5]^[6]

Description

Geographic range

D. hypoconia is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is distributed around several regions in Suuth America. In Brazil, it can be found in Rio Grande do Sul, Goias, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro. In Argentina, its range includes Formosa, Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones, Entre Rios, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires and Cordoba provinces.^[7]

The type locality of this species is Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[7]

Life cycle

The species is viviparous. Clutch sizes typically range from 4-16 embryos, and there is no significant relationship between clutches size and female's body size. Oviposition occurs from January to April.^[8]

References

^ Arzamendia, V.; Fitzgerald, L.; Giraudo, A.; Montero, R. & Williams, J. (2019). "Thamnodynastes hypoconia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15183091A15183105.
^ Catalogue of the Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: J. Dobson, Chesnut Street. 1837.
^ Sena, Marco Aurelio de. Levantamento da fauna e estudo cromossômico de algumas espécies de Reptilia, Squamata, do município de Cananéia, SP (Thesis). Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA).
^ Franco, Francisco L.; Ferreira, Talita Gancev (2002-12-01). "Descrição de uma nova espécie de Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae) do nordeste brasileiro, com comentários sobre o gênero". Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology. 1 (2): 57. doi:10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v1i2p57-74. ISSN 2316-9079.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Species Dryophylax hypoconia at The Reptile Database
^ REBELATO, MARLUCI M.; PONTES, GLÁUCIA M.F.; TOZETTI, ALEXANDRO M. (2016-07-11). "Reproductive biology of Thamnodynastes hypoconia (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) in Brazilian subtemperate wetlands". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 88 (3 suppl): 1699–1709. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201620140569. ISSN 1678-2690.