Dryophylax almae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Dryophylax
Species:
D. almae
Binomial name
Dryophylax almae
Franco & Ferreira, 2003

Dryophylax almae is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Brazil.[2][3]

Etymology

The specific name, almae, is in honor of Brazilian herpetologist Sylvia Alma Renata Lemos Romano-Hoge.[4]

Geographic range

D. almae is found in the Brazilian states of Alagoas, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. almae is shrubland.[1]

Description

Pale in coloration for its genus, D almae has keeled dorsal scales, which are arranged in 19 rows at midbody and in 15 rows posteriorly.[5]

Reproduction

D. almae is viviparous.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Silveira, A.L.; Prudente, A.L. da C.; Argôlo , A.J.S.; Abrahão, C.R.; Nogueira, C. de C.; Barbo, F.E.; Costa, G.C.; Pontes, G.M.F.; Colli, G.R.; Zaher, H. el D.; Borges-Martins, M.; Martins, M.R.C.; Oliveira , M.E.; Passos, P.G.H.; Bérnils, R.S.; Sawaya, R.J.; Cechin, C.T.Z.; Guedes da Costa, T.B. (2019). "Thamnodynastes almae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T15183082A123741026. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T15183082A123741026.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dryophylax almae ". Reptile Database. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Franco, Francisco L. (15 August 2017). "A new species of Thamnodynastes from the open areas of central and northeastern Brazil (Serpentes: Dipsadidae: Tachymenini)". Salamandra. 53 (3): 339–350.
  4. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Thamnodynastes almae, p. 6).
  5. ↑ Franco & Ferreira (2003).

Further reading

  • Barbosa DBS, Lima MSCS, Guedes TB (2020). "First record of Thamnodynastes almae Franco & Ferreira, 2002 (Serpentes, Dipsadidae, Xenodontinae) in the state of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, and updated distribution map". Check List 16 (5): 1323–1328.
  • Franco FL, Ferreira TG (2003). "Descrição de uma nova espécie de Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1830 (Serpentes, Colubridae) do nordeste brasileiro, com comentários sobre o gênero". Phyllomedusa 1 (2): 57–74. (Thamnodynastes almae, new species). (in Portuguese, with an abstract in English).



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