Baliodryas steinbachi
Eating a fleshbelly frog
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Baliodryas
Zaher & Prudente, 2019
Species:
B. steinbachi
Binomial name
Baliodryas steinbachi
(Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
  • Rhadinæa Steinbachi Boulenger, 1905
  • Aporophis melanocephalus Griffin, 1915
  • Liophis steinbachi Amaral, 1929
  • Erythrolamprus steinbachi — Grazziotin et al., 2012
  • Rhadinaea steinbachi Wallach et al., 2014
  • Eutrachelophis steinbachi Myers & McDowell, 2014
  • Baliodryas steinbachi Zaher & Prudente

Baliodryas is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Baliodryas steinbachi. It is endemic to South America.

Etymology

The specific name, steinbachi is in honor of Dr. Jose Steinbach (1856–1929), who collected biological specimens in South America.[3]

Distribution and habitat

B. steinbachi is found in Bolivia and Brazil.[2] The preferred natural habitat is forest at an altitude of 250 m (820 ft).[1]

Biology

B. steinbachi is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Aguayo R, Aparicio J, Embert D, Gonzales L, Muñoz A (2016). "Eutrachelophis steinbachi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T50951630A50951646. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T50951630A50951646.en. Downloaded on 08 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Baliodryas steinbachi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 5 May 2020.
  3. ↑ 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. (Liophis steinbachi, p. 252).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1905). "Descriptions of new Snakes in the Collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 15: 453–456. ("Rhadinæa Steinbachi ", new species, pp. 454–455).
  • Zaher H, Prudente ALC (2019). "The enigmatic Amazonian genus Eutrachelophis: morphological evidence and description of new taxa (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Xenodontini)". Amphibia-Reptilia 41 (2): 215–231. (Baliodryas, new genus; B. steinbachi, new combination).


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